Riaan UMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin ngoLwesibili uphinde wakhulisa usongo lwenuzi ngemuva kokuthi efunge ukuthi uzophendula “ngokufanayo” ne-UK. uhlela ukuthumela i-Ukraine izinhlamvu eziqukethe i-uranium ephelile (DU).
“Ngithanda ukuqaphela lapha ukuthi uma lokhu kuzokwenzeka, khona-ke iRussia izophoqeleka ukuthi isabele ngokufanele ikhumbula ukuthi iNtshonalanga ehlangene isiqala ukusebenzisa izikhali zenuzi,” esho ngemuva komhlangano noMongameli waseChina u-Xi. Jinping, ngokusho kwezitolo zezindaba zaseRussia.
Ukuphawula kukaPutin kuza ngemuva kokuthi uMnyango Wezokuvikela waseBrithani uthe uzohlinzeka i-Ukraine ngezinhlamvu zamathangi e-Challenger 2 iLondon eyazibophezela e-Kyiv – okuhlanganisa nokubhoboza izikhali eziqukethe i-uranium ephelile.
Amathangi empi ayinhloko ka-Challenger 2 akhonjiswa i-Royal Tank Regiment Regimental Parade, ngoSepthemba 24, 2022, e-Bulford, e-England. (Izithombe zeFinnbarr Webster/Getty)
Isikhulu sase-Kremlin asizange sandise usongo olumbozwe kancane, futhi asizange sicacise uma siphakamisa ukuthi iRussia izophendukela kuzikhali zayo zenuzi ukuphendula – okuyinto IMoscow isonge ngokuphindaphindiwe ukwenza kuyo yonke impi.
Izinhlamvu ezine-uranium ephelile zisabhekwa njenge-radioactive, noma kunjalo, ngokusho kwe-European Union, i-DU isetshenziswa kumagobolondo okubhoboza izikhali nezikhali ngoba ibanika “amandla angena” engeziwe.
Umkhulumeli woMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseRussia, uMaria Zakharova, uye kuTelegram ukugxeka ukunikezwa kwezikhali futhi waqhathanisa “nesimo saseYugoslavia,” lapho amabutho e-NATO esebenzisa khona izikhali eziqukethe i-uranium ephelile ngesikhathi sengxabano yaseKosovo ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990.
“La magobolondo awagcini nje ngokubulala, kodwa ahlasela imvelo futhi adala umdlavuza kubantu abahlala kula masimu,” usho kanje.
UMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin uhola umhlangano ngengqungquthela yevidiyo eKremlin eMoscow ngoLwesihlanu, Mashi 17, 2023. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Isithombe nge-AP)
I-PENTAGON IHLOSE UKUDILISA AMATHANK A-ABRAMS E-US angama-31 E-UKRAINE MADUZE NJENGOBA KUWE.
Isifinyezo se-EU ngomthelela we-uranium esiphelile ezinqoleni zezikhali sithole ukuthi “izinsalela ezivela ezindaweni zokulwa zibonisa ngokuvamile ukugxila okuphansi kwensimbi, ngaphakathi kwebanga le-uranium eyenzeka ngokwemvelo, nakuba kungase kube khona inani elincane ‘lezindawo ezishisayo’. “
Kodwa-ke, okunye ukubuyekezwa mayelana nokuphepha kokuchayeka sekukonke kwaxutshwa futhi umbiko woMnyango Wezindaba Zomakadebona wase-US uthe i-uranium ephelile isabhekwa “njengengozi yezempilo” uma ingena emzimbeni womuntu nge-shrapnel noma ngokuhogela, nakuba ukugula ngemisebe kuhlala kungenakwenzeka.
“Wonke ama-isotopes e-uranium anemisebe. I-DU ayinayo imisebe eyingozi kakhulu – ngokuvamile ingaphansi kuka-40% – kune-uranium engalungiswanga,” kutholwe umbiko we-EU. Lokhu kusho ukuthi izingozi zemisebe ephuma ku-uranium zivela kuphela ekuphefumuleni othulini, ukudla noma ukuphuza ukudla noma amanzi angcolile, noma izinsalela ezingena emzimbeni.
“Amasampula omchamo avela emasosheni nasezakhamuzini ezihlala ezindaweni lapho kusetshenziswe khona izinhlamvu ze-DU, ngokuvamile abonisa amazinga aphansi kakhulu okuchayeka e-DU,” kwengeza lo mbiko.
URebekah Koffler, owayeyisikhulu se-Defence Intelligence Intelligence yemfundiso necebo lesiRashiya, wachaza ukuthi lezi zikhali sezivamile ezimpini zanamuhla nokuthi iMoscow isebenzisa inkulumo-ze ukuze “idide izethameli.”
“I-uranium ephelile isetshenziswa yi-US kanye ne-NATO ngezinhlamvu zokuthuthukisa amandla ayo okubhubhisa, ukubhoboza izikhali. Kodwa amaRussia aseqalile ukuyisebenzisa,” esho.
“Cishe kusukela ngo-2018-2019, emathangini abo amakhulu e-T-80BV umlilo waqeda amagobolondo e-uranium,” kuchaza u-Koffler. “UPutin uzama ukudida izethameli, ukuze athole izaba zezinyathelo ezengeziwe zokwenyuka kwezinga e-Ukraine.”
Isisebenzi sase-Ukraine esibhemayo simi phezu kwethangi eduze kwase-Bakhmut, e-Ukraine, ngoMashi 8, 2023. (Isithombe se-AP/Evgeniy Maloletka)
CHOFOZA LAPHA UKUZE UTHOLA UHLELO LOKUSEBENZA IZINDABA ZEZIMpungushe
Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvikela waseRussia uSergei Shoigu naye ukhuphule izinga kungenzeka ukuthi iRussia izosabela ngempendulo yenuzi ngesikhathi etshela izintatheli ngoLwesibili ukuthi kube nezinyathelo ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuthi kwenzeke “ingxabano yenuzi” phakathi kweRussia neNtshonalanga.
“Sesithathiwe esinye isinyathelo, bambalwa futhi abasele abasele,” usho kanje ngokweReuters.
