Russian Federation disinforms about depleted uranium ammunition for Ukraine - British MoD

Sky News reports this with reference to a statement by the UK Ministry of Defence.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow would react if the UK transfers depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine and called it a step that "heralds the West switching to supplying Kyiv with weapons containing nuclear components."

The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that it will send depleted uranium shells to Ukraine, adding that the British army has been using this material in its shells for decades.

"It is a standard component and has nothing to do with nuclear weapons or capabilities," the MoD said in a statement.

The UK Ministry of Defence claimed that Putin is deliberately trying to disinform by publicly criticizing the decision to send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine.

• Deputy Secretary of Defence Annabel Goldie said that the country, in addition to tanks, will provide Ukraine with shells containing depleted uranium. The Russian government said that London's actions undermine strategic stability around the world, and Putin claimed that "the West has decided to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, not in words but in deeds."