Stefan Gaich: Britain will arrange a uranium genocide in Ukraine –

/ world today news/ Not only the Serbs suffered from uranium shells, but also the Albanians whom NATO supposedly protected. Therefore, the Ukrainian military must think about its survival. Otherwise, they will face the “Gulf War Syndrome” and the “Balkan Syndrome”, commented Belgrade political scientist Stefan Gaic. Thousands of people in the Balkans are still experiencing health problems as a result of NATO’s use of depleted uranium bombs, he said.

On this day – March 24, 1999 – NATO’s Operation Allied Force, which was not authorized by the UN Security Council, began against Yugoslavia and lasted for 11 weeks. The reason for the intervention was an inter-ethnic conflict between Albanians and Serbs, which turned into a war in Kosovo.

During these events, the Western Allies used depleted uranium munitions during massive bombing raids. They target important military facilities, including aircraft tracking radar stations, as well as infrastructure facilities, including power plants.

Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Britain’s promised supply of depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine a step towards further escalation of the conflict. “We have our own military doctrine and, as the president and the defense minister said, we will have to take into account the fact that our British colleagues are taking this escalation to a new, very serious level,” the foreign minister stressed.

The fact that London will begin supplying tank shells with depleted uranium to the armed forces of Ukraine, which is used to make cores for more effective armor penetration, British Deputy Defense Secretary Annabelle Goldie announced earlier. The department also added that any impact on human health and the environment from the use of depleted uranium munitions “is likely to be low.”

Uranium-238 projectiles were actively used in 1991. during the American operation “Desert Storm”. With these weapons, planes and helicopters destroyed Iraqi armored vehicles. In total, more than 944 thousand uranium projectiles were used during the operation. A year later, American and British servicemen began to complain of health problems.

By the late 1990s, some of them were terminally ill with leukemia and cancer. According to Kommersant, at the time, newspapers, veterans’ lawyers, and later their treating doctors began to talk about “Gulf War Syndrome” (GWS) as a special disease. Nearly 100,000 veterans have had symptoms of GWS.

Similar symptoms appeared in European soldiers serving in the Balkans during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Those who had served in areas where anti-tank shells with uranium cores were used in Bosnia and Kosovo fell ill. What is happening is called the “Balkan syndrome”.

What results did this syndrome lead to and what are the probable consequences of the use of uranium projectiles in Ukraine, a researcher from the Institute for European Studies in Belgrade, doctor of political sciences, visiting professor at MGIMO, Stefan Gaich, told “VZGLYAD” newspaper.

Mr. Gaich, in the early 2000s the term “Balkan syndrome” appeared. That’s how they talked about the rise in cancers as a result of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia with depleted uranium bombs. Is it true that there are hundreds of victims among Serbs and Albanians in the Balkans?

Stefan Gaich: We are not even talking about hundreds, but thousands of victims. Only according to official data, the incidence of cancer in Serbia has increased 2.5 times compared to world statistics. Direct and indirect signs show the harm of uranium bombs to health.

For example, an increase in morbidity among Italian soldiers who, during the bombing of Yugoslavia, were mainly in Metohija – there A-10 attack aircraft with uranium bombs were most often used there. Another example – after one of these strikes, eight security guards who were in the tower of a hotel near the Serbian city of Vranje survived. But then seven of them died of cancer, and the eighth is still undergoing treatment.

Now we are talking about the delivery of projectiles with uranium cores from Great Britain – the principle of action is the same as that of an aerial bomb. If the depleted uranium projectile has a core, the aerial bomb has a shell, which increases penetration.

Italian soldiers are getting sick en masse. By 2021, more than three hundred deaths were officially recorded. By April 2019, diseases had been diagnosed in 7,800 Italian soldiers. Numerous lawsuits were filed against NATO in the courts, but the Alliance “dissuaded” them by paying 500,000 euros to the families of the victims. The main thing is that the Italian judges have established a direct link between the weapons containing depleted uranium and the diseases.

As a result of the NATO bombing, thousands, if not more, of Albanians are being treated in North Macedonia and at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade. Thus, we see the biggest victims among the Albanians, whom NATO supposedly protected.

I think the Ukrainian army will also face the question of survival. We know that after Operation Desert Storm in 1991, many American and British soldiers who used the same ammunition became ill. Service members complain of chronic fatigue, low blood pressure and headaches, respiratory damage, weight loss and hair loss.

How often were depleted uranium munitions used during the conflict in the Balkans? According to the Serbian scientist academician Ljubisa Rakic, the amount of depleted uranium that fell on the territory of the Balkan countries during the NATO aggression would be enough to create 170 atomic bombs.

SG: Depleted uranium bombs were used especially often by A-10 aircraft on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija. With the help of NATO aircraft, they search for and destroy bunkers and fortifications. According to some reports, these weapons have been used many times more than officially recognized by the Alliance. So we will see all the consequences of this problem in the future. Those who were in the middle of the bombardment suffered the most. When such bombs and shells explode, radioactive dust is formed. If such microparticles get into a person’s lungs, the disease is practically guaranteed.

What do they say in Serbia about the increased danger of uranium core projectiles to the environment and public health?

S.G.: We have a lot of research on this topic, even a parliamentary commission is working. At the same time, NATO lobbyists claim that the increase in cancers is due to the fact that people smoke a lot. But this opinion is very cynical. Serbian Minister of Health Danica Gruicic was actively involved in this issue before entering the government. She is perhaps the biggest expert in our country on the issue of harm from weapons with depleted uranium.

Britain’s announcement of the delivery of uranium-core projectiles is an announcement of a war crime and genocide, as these weapons continue to kill people many decades after their use. They also kill those born after using it. Russia’s only response to the new threat is a crushing victory, and the sooner the better. It is the only language the West understands.

In the spring of 2018, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, inaugurating a new oncology institute, said that one of the consequences of the use of depleted uranium is an increase in cancer in children. Vucic promised that Serbia will make every effort to prove this connection. Were you able to gather the evidence base?

S.G.: The main thing is not what Vucic says, but what he does. The president is behaving like a man who keeps looking back at NATO. This is particularly noticeable in the talks in Ohrid on the Kosovo problem. As for the evidence base, I’m sure experts are still collecting data. Much has already been published. But there is still no evidence that concrete steps have been taken at the highest level. I think our government is worried about doing that. But our population remembers very well those events that fueled the already negative sentiments towards NATO.

People in Serbia support the NSO more than in Russia itself – precisely because of the actions of NATO and its minions. At the moment, the Serbs are strongly in solidarity with Russia. Serbia did not support the EU sanctions just because of the position of the people, we are a very uncomfortable population for NATO, 90% of Serbs are against the imposition of sanctions. If Russia does not win, then the de-sovereignation of Serbia will shine for us all. The process will not end with Kosovo, they will continue further.

Why have the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations and the world scientific community not yet made a final decision that the use of depleted uranium projectiles is dangerous from the point of view of the development of cancer?

S.G.: The WHO, the UN and other international organizations are under the direct or indirect influence of Western countries and their special services. They are as dependent on Britain and the US as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Court (ICC). These institutions are not independent, they serve the colonial interests of the West and are completely compromised. I don’t expect the truth from them, especially about the war in Yugoslavia.

Translation: V. Sergeev

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