MOSCOW, January 9 (AVN) - About 1,500 Russian peacekeepers are operating in the areas hammered by depleted uranium ammo during the NATO campaign against Yugoslavia, Lieutenant-General Nikolai Staskov, acting airborne commander, told the Military News Agency on Tuesday.
Russia supports other European nations insisting on international independent investigation into the consequences of the use of depleted uranium ammo in Kosovo, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said. The investigation may involve experts of the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency and World Health Organisation, he noted.
Doctors that examined Russian peacekeepers in Kosovo do not fear for their health, Staskov said. Nevertheless, two out of three battalion-size task forces of the Russian Peacekeepers Contingent are operating in permanent risk zones, he stressed. US A-10 attack planes inflicted numerous uranium ammo strikes on those areas.