As counteroffensive heats up, U.S. to send Ukraine depleted uranium munitions - report
Ukrainian naval drones were intercepted on the way to the Crimea Bridge and Ukraine claimed a recent attack on Pskov airport was carried out 'from Russia'
The U.S. will send armor-piercing depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine as part of a military aid package to be revealed next week. Meanwhile, Ukrainian attacks continue in its counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion.
Ukrainian naval drones were intercepted on the way to the Crimea Bridge, Moscow’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday, just hours after Ukraine’s military intelligence claimed a recent attack on a military airport came "from Russia."
The next series of munitions Washington is poised to send will likely to stir controversy once again. According to Reuters, the U.S. will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine for the first time, although the UK already provided some earlier this year. The specialized shells can be fired from Abrams tanks, which the U.S. is also set to deliver soon.
The U.S. officials also told Reuters that the latest aid package value and contents were still being finalized, and will likely be worth between $240 to $375 million.
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Elsewhere in the counteroffensive, Ukraine's intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said about a recent strike on Pskov airport that "the drones used to attack the 'Kresty' air base in Pskov were launched from Russia."
"Four Russian IL-76 military transport planes were hit as a result of the attack. Two were destroyed and two were seriously damaged," Budanov added, saying the aircraft were used by the Russian defense ministry to transport troops and cargo.
Meanwhile, Moscow said that it was determining which routes the drones used, in order "to prevent such situations in the future,” but Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on Budanov’s claim and instead deferred questions to the defense ministry, which refused to comment on it.