"We've seen threats": In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Britain answered Putin's accusations of "nuclear escalation"

The UK Foreign Minister noted that shells with a depleted Uranus for Challenger 2 tanks that Ukraine will receive is not a nuclear weapon. James Kleverli, Head of the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the supply of Ukrainian -depleted Uranus for Challenger 2 is not a "nuclear escalation". About it writes The Guardian. Kleverly's statement was made against the backdrop of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the use of Western countries with a "nuclear component".

During the presentation of the government international technological strategy in London, the head of the British Foreign Ministry indicated that ammunition with a depleted Uranus did not belong to nuclear weapons. "These are not nuclear ammunition, these are purely ordinary ammunition. What Russia has solved against Ukraine, "Kleverli stated. The minister also added that the only state that raises this issue is the Russian Federation.

We will remind that on March 21, Deputy Minister of Defense of the UK Annabel Goldi announced the possible supply of Ukrainian shells with a depleted Uranus for Challenger Tanks 2. Such ammunition has good combustibility and effective against armored vehicles. In response, Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with the head of the PRC, Xi Jinping that the Western countries had decided to fight from the Russian Federation "to the last Ukrainian".