Lavrov commented on London’s plans to supply depleted uranium shells to Kyiv

The UK has already lost track of how its actions undermine strategic stability around the world, declared Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with the author of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” Pavel Zarubin. Thus, the politician commented on London’s plans to supply depleted uranium shells to Kyiv.

“I won’t be surprised at anything, because they have already lost their bearings in terms of their actions, in terms of how these actions undermine strategic stability around the world,” Lavrov said.

According to the minister, by such actions, the UK will demonstrate its readiness to take “not just risks, but violations of international humanitarian law, as was the case in 1999 in Yugoslavia, and many other things that they allowed themselves, including war crimes, crimes against humanity “.

Lavrov noted that the supply of depleted uranium projectiles to Kyiv would end badly for London itself.

Earlier it became known that the UK will supply Ukraine tank shells with depleted uranium. This was stated in the response of the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Kingdom Annabelle Goldie to a request from a parliamentarian. On March 6, Raymond Jolliff, a member of the House of Lords, asked the government through the British Parliament website for information on whether any ammunition supplied to Ukraine contains depleted uranium. These projectiles are highly effective against modern tanks and armored vehicles, Goldie added.

On January 30, training of Ukrainian troops began in the UK. Then the First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Kingdom, Alex Chuck, announced plans to supply Ukraine with Challenger 2 tanks at the end of March 2023. On February 8, Reuters, citing British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, reported that the Prime Minister’s office announced plans to expand assistance to the armed Ukrainian forces, including training for fighter pilots and marines.

The Russian authorities have repeatedly criticized the supply of Western weapons to Kyiv. In particular, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, warned that pumping Ukraine with weapons brings NATO closer to the dangerous line of a direct military clash with Russia. The Kremlin said that the Leopard and Abrams tanks would burn down the same way as the rest of Western military equipment.