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The Pentagon announced this week it would provide Ukraine with the rounds as part of a $1 billion aid package that coincided with an unannounced visit to Kyiv by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. US plans to provide depleted uranium tank rounds to Kyiv. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.
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