Kuvela imifanekiso yokuqala yabasebenzi basetankini baseUkraine baqeqeshwa kwisixhobo esiphikisanayo kwikhosi yaseBritane.
- Ubukho bejoni laseMelika kwiseshoni yoqeqesho kunokunyusa uxinzelelo ngakumbi, emva kokuba i-White House ikhanyele ukuthumela i-uranium yayo ephelileyo e-Ukraine.
Amajoni aseUkraine afotwa ecaleni kweembumbulu zeuranium eziphelileyo ezibonelelwa yiBritane kwilizwe labo kumlo ochasene neRussia.
Umboniso uqulethwe ku obungamaxwebhu UMphathiswa wezoKhuselo wase-UK (i-MoD) ukhululwe izolo njengoko abasebenzi betanki base-Ukraine begqibe uqeqesho lwabo.
IBritane inika i-14 Challenger 2 iitanki e-Ukraine kunye namaqokobhe e-uranium aphelileyo, athi Ukuchazwa phendla kwiveki ephelile.
Isithethi seMoD xelelwe amajelo eendaba ukuba "impembelelo kwimpilo yomntu kunye nokusingqongileyo ekusetyenzisweni kwezixhobo ze-uranium eziphelileyo kungenzeka ukuba ziphantsi".
Kodwa isigqibo sokubonelela ngeembumbulu sabangela ukusabela komsindo kwiKremlin, kunye noVladimir Putin. ukufunga ngoMgqibelo ukuziphindezela ngokuhambisa izixhobo zenyukliya 'ezinobuchule' eBelarus.
Iimbumbulu zeuranium (DU) eziphelileyo ezibonwa kuxwebhu lwe-MoD ziphawulwe โinertโ, zicebisa ukuba inokuba yikopi. Iqokobhe loqeqesho eliluhlaza nesilivere liyabonakala ecaleni kwalo, ingcali yaxelela Ukuchazwa.
UDoug Weir ovela kwi Ungquzulwano kunye nokuJongwa kweNdalo esingqongileyo Uthe: "Imbumbulu e-orenji kunye nemnyama kwividiyo ibonakala ngathi yinguqulelo engabonakaliyo yembumbulu yase-UK ye-120mm CHARM3 DU."
I-CHARM3 ligama lobugcisa lokugcinwa kweBritane kwamaqokobhe e-uranium aphelileyo.
U-Weir wongeze wathi: โXa iimbumbulu ze-DU zibethe iithagethi ezinzima ezinje ngeitanki okanye izithuthi ezixhobileyo, ziyaqhekeka kwaye zitshise, zivelisa ityhefu eyityhefu kunye ne-radioactive DU particulate [amasuntswana amancinci] abeka umngcipheko wokuphefumla ebantwini.
"Ukulawula ukungcoliseka kwe-DU ngokufanelekileyo kuya kuba ngumthwalo ongakumbi e-Ukraine, kungquzulwano esele idale iingxaki ezinzulu zongcoliseko."
Amaqokobhe aboniswa ethe tywa phezu kwetafile enezinye iintlobo zembumbulu, njengoko abasebenzi basetankini baseUkraine bephulaphule intetho evela kumajoni ase-US naseBritane.
Ubukho bejoni laseMelika kwiseshoni yoqeqesho kunokunyusa uxinzelelo ngakumbi, emva kwe-White House khanyela ukuthumela naziphi na izitokhwe zayo zeDU eUkraine kwiveki ephelileyo.
Umbhalo okwividiyo yomkhosi wase-UK uthi: "Abahlohli baqala ukuqhelanisa nabaGunners, abaLayishi kunye nabaLawuli ngeentlobo zembumbulu ze-Challenger 2".
Iimpembelelo zempilo
I-uranium ephelelweyo yimbumbulu eqhelekileyo kwiitanki iBritane inika i-Ukraine, nangona kukho iinkxalabo ezinde malunga nempilo kunye nefuthe lokusingqongileyo.
Ibeyi ku gwetyelwa ngokubangela umhlaza kunye neziphene zokuzalwa e-Iraq.
UJack Watling, umphandi kwi-RUSI exhaswa ngemali yi-MoD, wabhala kwi- Umbukeli izolo: "Andinakucebisa amajoni aseRussia ukuba alale ephethe umjikelo weuranium ephelelweyo, okanye akhothe incam yeembumbulu - iuranium ephelelweyo iseyityhefu."
Wongeze wathi: "Kodwa xa imikhosi yaseRussia idibana nenye yezi projekthi, isibakala sokuba iuranium iza kuhamba malunga neemitha ezili-1,800 ngomzuzwana kwaye ivutha njengoko ibhabha iya kuba yeyona nto ijolise kuyo ngaphezu kweradioactivity."
Unobhala wezoKhuselo wase-UK uBen Wallace wathi namhlanje: โKukhuthaza ngokwenene ukubona uzimiselo lwamajoni aseUkraine agqibe uqeqesho lwawo kwiitanki zaseBritani zikaChallenger 2 kumhlaba waseBritani.
Babuyela kwilizwe labo bexhobe ngcono, kodwa besengozini. Siza kuqhubeka nokuma ngakubo kwaye senze konke esinako ukuxhasa i-Ukraine ngalo lonke ixesha. โ
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