But the West should stop supplying weapons first. Putin: Russia does not refuse to negotiate weapons | Ukraine | Putin
Western countries led by the United States continue to provide weapons to Ukraine, exacerbating the conflict. On the 13th local time, Russian President Putin held a symposium in Moscow with war reporters and media personnel involved in reporting the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Putin said that the United States is increasingly directly involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The key to resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict lies in the West, which should stop providing weapons and equipment to Ukraine.
Russian President Putin: We have never refused peace talks, and I have said it many times. We will not refuse negotiations that can peacefully resolve conflicts. The key issue lies with the West. If the West wants to resolve the conflict through negotiations, it should stop providing weapons and equipment to Ukraine.
Russian Ambassador to the United States: The United States does not care about the fate of Ukrainians
However, it is clear that the West, led by the United States, does not want the conflict to end, but rather continues to stir up fire. On the 13th, the US Department of Defense announced an additional $325 million worth of military support to Ukraine.
In response, Russian Ambassador to the United States Antonov said that the United States is increasingly involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The United States is not interested in resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict through negotiations, nor does it care about the fate of Ukrainians.
US media: Following the UK, the US plans to provide depleted uranium bombs to Ukraine
At the same time, American media reported that the United States also plans to provide Ukraine with depleted uranium bombs. The Wall Street Journal reported on the 13th, citing a senior US government official, that there are no "major obstacles" to approving the provision of depleted uranium bombs. Earlier this year, the United States had decided to provide Ukraine with the Abrams main battle tank, and depleted uranium ammunition was one of the supporting ammunition for this type of tank.
Previously, British Ministry of Defense officials admitted in April that they had provided Ukraine with depleted uranium bombs used in the British made Challenger 2 main battle tank.
On the 13th, Russian President Putin mentioned the issue of Western supply of depleted uranium bombs to Ukraine, stating that Russia also has depleted uranium bombs and reserves the right to use them in response.
Depleted uranium is radioactive and long-term exposure can have serious impacts on human health and the environment. Historically, NATO, led by the United States, has used depleted uranium bombs on other countries for many times, resulting in a significant increase in the local incidence of neonatal malformations and cancer incidence rate. In 1999, NATO dropped a total of 15 tons of depleted uranium bombs during the bombing of the Southern Alliance. During the Iraq War, the US military used 181000 depleted uranium bombs in multiple parts of Iraq from 2003 to 2004.
Since the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States and Western countries have spared no effort to provide weapons to Ukraine. At the symposium on the 13th, Putin stated that Western countries have emptied almost all of Ukraine's stockpile of weapons. Former Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini also pointed out in a recent media interview that weapons inventories across Europe have been emptied and it will take 5 to 10 years to replenish them.
