The UK also intends to supply Ukraine with highly effective armor-piercing depleted uranium anti-tank ammunition. The revelation was made yesterday by Baroness Annabel Goldie, deputy defense secretary in Rishi Sunak’s Tory government, during a small hearing in the ineligible House of Lords that went completely silent on the island and has been bounced back by the Ukrainian media to date.
In answer to a question claimed on this particular point by ninety-year-old Lord Hylton, Assembly veteran, aristocrat, ex-soldier and philanthropist who has long been involved in peace initiatives, Baroness Goldie, as in shorthand on the Westminster Parliament website he dryly referred to the latest British war supplies made available to Kiev: “Along with a squadron of Challenger 2 heavy tanks – he abbreviated – we will also send the associated ammunition: including armor-piercing shells containing depleted uranium.” “These shells – Goldie then remarked in response to Lord Hylton’s alarmed tone – are highly effective in neutralizing modern” Russian tanks and armored vehicles.
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The reaction from Moscow was immediate. Russia will be forced to respond to western shipments of uranium munitions, the president said Wladimir Putin. “They are trying to fight this conflict not only theoretically to the last Ukrainian, but also practically: the West is beginning to use weapons with nuclear elements”, he underlined. For his part, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that if Britain were to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium ammunition, “there is no doubt that it will end badly” for London.
“I wouldn’t be surprised by this development if this (handover) actually happens, but there’s no doubt it will end badly for them.” said Lavrov. “I haven’t heard about these shipments, but nothing would surprise me because they have completely lost their sense of direction in terms of their actions and how they are undermining strategic stability around the world,” he said.
According to Britain’s statements about the supply of depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine, nuclear confrontation is “just a few steps away”. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, quoted by Tass.