The US and Britain’s decision to send depleted uranium (DU) shell-equipped Abrams and Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine has reignited public debate about the controversial weapons, which have left deep scars in every country they’ve touched. But DU’s history goes back further than most imagine. Sputnik has details you won’t find anywhere else.
A video shows a director of Russia’s Uralvagonzavod tank factory answering technical support requests from the commander of a tank unit in Eastern Ukraine.
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