The UK is sending 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Kyiv to aid Ukrainians in the fight against RussiaPresident Vladimir Putin has said Russia would be "forced to react" if the UK sent shells made with depleted uranium to Ukraine.The UK confirmed it would provide Kyiv the armour-piercing rounds alongside Challenger 2 tanks - but insisted they have a low risk of radiation."The British Army has used depleted uranium in its armour piercing shells for decades," the statement added.
He said depleted uranium rounds used by Challenger 2 tanks contained only trace elements of depleted uranium. It is mildly radioactive in its solid form. But it is a very heavy substance, 1.7 times denser than lead, and it is used to harden rounds so that they can penetrate armour and steel.
Many people don't seem to want peace ,yet they will when many outside the Ukraine start to die .
Let me guess, Putin will smile and say he welcome UK's uranium shells to hit the Russian's tanks and radiating poison the Russia soldiers plus civilians!
UK delivers depleted uranium to Ukraine, which explodes in Ukrainian wheat fields. Contaminated Ukrainian wheat will be eaten by poor people in EU countries. And great damage will occur.
British are the first to use dirty bombs in the UkraineWar war. Arrest warrant on Johnson and his cronnies. Another failed western state drowning in its own bullshit.
I think it’s depleted uranium shells
Don't nuke my house Mr Putin I want nothing to do with any wars.
don't Ukraine knows Uranium is going to poison their land and cause birth defects for decades. Anyone who cares about the actual people who live in Ukraine should be opposed to it. So all of you who applaud the use of Uranium shells don't care about Ukraine and its people
The defence: It's just mildly radioactive 🤦
It's like our government is trying to start WW3.
These shells with remnants of uranium should be banned. These were used in the wars on Iraq that caused much damage particularly to unborn babies. The countries that are supplying these very dangerous items they should be tried for war crimes. Do you hear that Biden & Sunak?⛳️
Those glorifying this move shouldn't cry loud of war crimes when Russia 🇷🇺 uses weapons which will cause much danger not to only services men of Ukraine but the civilian population as well. Lets all rejoice when it get worse.
Bombs will soon fly to UK sooner than later..
Why can't we just stay out of this
An all out nuclear war is coming.
Providing more weapons is doing nothing but escalating the situation. Peace talks should be an absolute priority, and continuously ongoing. Remember, weapons of destruction can only be used for one thing.
It is indefensible. A war crime. Simple. And how the British government can continue to peddle the narrative that they are the 'good guys' here...
I really hope uk send this, so we can all witness Russia nuking Ukraine
DepletedUranium 👇👇👇
Can we throw Boris Johnson & Ben Wallace in too please?
It's unnecessary stupid and risky to supply these, so why do it? Anyway where's the environmental protesters lobby on this, fixated on us driving across town or turning a heater up?
Disgusting! RishiSunak you should be ashamed of yourself. Sounds like another Tony Blair coming out now! A war criminal! And then we give the clown a knighthood ffs 🤦♂️ prepare for WW3
Absolute madness it is almost as though Sunak and co want all out war with Russia .. start peace talks NOW !
Pakistan can secretly supply nukes to Ukraine, Russia must be aware of it.
How about sending a peace evnoy instead?
Maybe more timely to title him, “Vladimir Putin, Russian leader recently issued with arrest warrant from ICC for war crimes.”
The UK is a a disgrace, disgusting. Then that's why they support Banderite Ukraine
Since when did they think twice a about unethical behaviour to long term damage to every day populations. Ask Blair.
People should learn the difference between uranium used in nukes and depleted uranium rounds. In and of itself, its use is not illegal according to the ICC. Russia is relying on people hearing uranium and becoming outraged.
DEPLETED sorry thought I would just put it in big letters because you didn't
Look at what happened to Iraq children with this. Uk is going insane. Absolute insane.
This is crazy. Absolute crazy.
Rus has been using DU ammunition for decades.
Its over ..war is lost ...biggest money laundering scam since covid 19...at what point will anyone other than china mention peace talks ?
Putin has already used nuclear weapons in the Salisbury spy attack
Contaminated dust particles with beta emitters are dangerous when inhaled or get into the blood stream.
I think covid is coming from depleted uranium
This is why they are starting the warning text messages sending them to all phones
Rogue Government…
Also a slightly radioactive uranium product.
Its just a heavy metal, it's not nuclear
Those weapons were used in Yugoslavia causing cancer and malformation for years. It’s madness!! Not a single word for peace instead. RishiSunak stop immediately and don’t put British people in danger for someone else interests! You don’t have a mandate for WW3 and nukes. Wisdom
How the hell can uk claim depleted uranium shells are safe!!! Halloo. Little loyal lapdog of america. Can't wait to get their share of the spoils of this lucrative proxy war.
Have to admit - not sure about this. Why risk the misinformation potential by Russia?
Thanks UK government for ending my life and prospects of a future, sending nukes to putins doorstep and expecting him not answer the door with force 😅 wow, thanks rishi sunak you absolutely wankstain
UK condemned the use of uranium shells in the Bosnia conflict, now its promoting it!
I hope we also have a defence against hypersonic nuclear missiles as well? Nope
yeah, let's spill nuclear waster all over ukraine, let's make disformed babies for generations to come. Absolutely disgusting.
But not a nuclear weapon as Putin well knows
Russians used some Nuclear poison here in UK, so it's getting it back. The End
There is no defense. Report that.
Please see the David Mitchell sketch of him saying, 'We're the bad guys, aren't we?!'.. Yes. Yes, we are. ToryFascistDictatorship
US P R O X Y W A R US P R O X Y W A R US P R O X Y W A R M O N E Y L A U N D E R I N G 🐑🐑🐑
You can't defend this you did nor even ask the brittish people. Your taking risks here my mind can't keep up with you were elected by a few thousand people not the public your a tory nightmare
Independent research by scientists from groups such as the Royal Society has assessed that any impact to personal health and the environment from the use of depleted uranium munitions is likely to be low.' Er, really? What’s the point, then?
17 thousand kids 😡
Them shell's are really dirty when an American armed troop carrier was hit by friendly fire uranium shells a year later a team went to get the bodies and it was so radio active they entombed the whole site in concrete i bet he's angry.
Putin stated this as a pretext to open the door to justify china helping supply Russia with weapons. Its basically a deal/plan they cooked up.
Click bait
Even depleted radioactive materials are still radioactive to some degree. This is giving putin the excuse he needs. We should just stay out of instead of making matters worse.
…tried and tested on Iraq civilians.
Wow, there goes the Fascist UK Tory Government being committing War crimes and they think they are above the law. Wow
Very stupid of the government to put the country on the radar for possible retaliation from Russia .
“any impact to personal health and the environment from the use of depleted uranium munitions is likely to be low.” That’s OK, because the shell will probably blow you to smithereens anyway.
How much are they making per shell?
Now that the 'Nuclear ' element is introduced in the conflict, soon a tactical nuclear weapon will be used and we shall all say it was unprovoked.
Birth defects and thyroid cancer ahoy! Ukrainians just keep on winning.
Nothing to see here. It makes them harder and heavier that’s all.
Excellent. Next step send biological weapons !
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Instead of sending ammunition Britain and its NATO allies should be looking for a peaceful resolution as long as NATO and its members continue to arm Ukraine the risk of China supporting Russia grows and to be truthful NATO knows zero about Chinas armaments no one knows.
Uranium sounds scary, but these are armour piercing rounds, not nuclear weapons. The BBC know this, but work on you not knowing it to click the link.
So what defines a 'nuclear weapon'?
Imagine. 'Russia defends sending uranium shells to Scotland after warning from Britain's Rishi Sunak'.
The Challenger 2’s shells are nothing to do with nuclear weapons or capabilities. Russia has a significant number of different DU-rounds in its own arsenals. There are Svinets-1 and 2 depleted uranium ammunition, for which the T-80BVM tanks were modernized during the last years.
Warning from Putin lmfao 🤣
It's an armour piercing tank round, not a bloody nuclear bomb! Stop writing irresponsible and dangerous click bait headlines.
It's DEPLETED uranium, and it is used in anti-armor ammunition by Russia as well (and USA). It was widely used in Iraq, and In Yugoslavia. It's nothing unusual!
We are almost declaring War against Russia, just because our Government is controlled by Mossad.
Whats next? British troops. Come on to fuk its got fuck all to do with us.
The vapour settles as dust, which is poisonous and also weakly radioactive.
We are frog marching into a potential actual war with Russia by sending more and mor weapons to a war zone instead of pushing for peaceful dialogue.
Go for it UK
For goodness sakes what a wet lot we are. Particularly the BBC. It’s not Putin you’ve got to convince it’s the Russian brainwashed masses that he will convince that they are nukes. Get your act together and cover Moscow at least with your broadcasts. Drop bloody leaflets 🙄
Idiots
Our government are putting all our lives at risk here! I don't want us to be part of this war!!!
Very bad idea 👎
UK has no problem committing war crimes so long as it keeps the boss happy in the US.
There is proof that birth defects increase after using DU weapons.. this isn't a mystery.. it's provable facts. Just shows that Ukraine is struggling, otherwise, they wouldn't go to such a new low.. that land will be poisoned for decades
'System 'Grad' wound be the most recommended response for the arm vehicle targets with longer fire range and more advanced performance parameters.'
Depleted uranium may pose a risk to both soldiers and local civilian populations. When ammunition made from depleted uranium strikes a target, the uranium turns into dust that is inhaled by soldiers near the explosion site. The wind then carries dust to surrounding areas...
we have threatened to remove Putin and dismember Russia and grab all their resources, they are a lot more united than us and fools play russian roulette with a Russian , they just have to explode all their nukes and die fast the rest of us would die slowly and miserably
Uranium damages DNA for generations.
why do we need to care about Putin? we can send whatever we can.
The UK are pushing us closer towards a nuclear war
UK has done great 👍🏻 Ukraine has every right to defend itself from illegal and unprovoked invasion.
Putin saying that when he literally replayed chemical weapons and nuclear weapons on U.K. soil in the 2 poisonings
Send Boris to Moscow and we're quits?
If Russia doesn’t like it that’s all the more reason to send them, we need to sent Ukraine our most lethal weapons. And while we are at it let’s send some eurofighters.
Finding ways of ending war is the solution than sending deadly weapons to fight back
Britain can’t just leave well enough alone. It’s intent on provoking a Nuclear War.
Not our fight & not our problem - stop sending billions & weapons to corrupt Ukraine
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