MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. Russia will be doing everything so that no country supplies depleted-uranium munitions to Kiev, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
"I will stress this again: We will do everything so that no one will resolve to make this irresponsible step," she said at a news conference, when asked about preventing the supplies and use of depleted-uranium munitions in Donbass and Ukraine.
According to a statement published in March, UK Minister of State for Defense Annabelle Goldie wrote in response to an inquiry from a member of the House of Lords that the British government would send Ukraine munitions containing depleted uranium and featuring enhanced effectiveness against armored vehicles. The UK Defense Ministry described depleted uranium as "a standard component" of armor-piercing shells, which has been used for decades. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will have to react appropriately to the fact that the "collective West begins using weapons with a nuclear component." The Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom warned London against sending such munitions to Kiev. The embassy said in a statement that the step was fraught with the risk of further escalation of the conflict and the use of such ammunition in Ukraine would negatively affect the health of local residents.