The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.
Easy: they think they are a superpower and that they can use their military to keep independent, neighbouring countries aligned with them politically in order to protect their geopolitical interests. They are not and they can’t.
And when you day “aligned geopoliticaly” what’s that exactly?
It means that government in a given country will side with Russia on international scene in order to protect their interests. Isn’t that obvious? Like Hungary is politically aligned with Russia but Germany isn’t.