More Provocation, Escalation: Russia Ramps Up for Nuclear Conflict: Says British Shipments of Depleted Uranium Shells to Ukraine Brings “The Nuclear Apocalypse Closer”

Russia Ramps Up for Nuclear Conflict: Says British Shipments of Depleted Uranium Shells to Ukraine Brings “The Nuclear Apocalypse Closer”

Jim Hoft

Great Britain announced Wednesday that it was supplying Ukraine with armor-piercing shells made with depleted uranium.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says every day this happens “it brings the nuclear apocalypse closer.”

Former President of Russia and current deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev: "The threat of nuclear conflict has not gone away; it has increased." "Every day of foreign weapons deliveries to Ukraine brings the nuclear apocalypse closer."

The probability of a nuclear conflict is now higher than it was in the past few decades — Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation The United States should come to its senses, and not continue playing with fire on the topic of restoring START A condition for the discussion of START is a change in the hostile course of the United States in relation to the Russian Federation Now there can be no question of any secret or open negotiations with the United States to restore something related to START The US course towards a reckless escalation of the conflict in Ukraine has fundamentally changed the entire security situation for Russia The United States should have previously agreed to eliminate Russian concerns over the START agreement, now this is no longer possible

In determining the fate of START, Moscow will take into account the ability of the United States, France, and Britain to jointly.

The New York Times defended British military deliveries to Ukraine.

Britain on Wednesday defended its decision to supply Ukraine with weapons made with depleted uranium, a day after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia falsely claimed the material had a “nuclear component.”

Britain’s government has confirmed that it would provide Ukraine with armor-piercing shells that contain depleted uranium, alongside its Challenger 2 tanks, which use them. Depleted uranium is a standard component in conventional anti-armor weapons that NATO countries have used for decades, and Britain said in a statement that the ammunition it was providing had nothing to do with nuclear weapons.

The density of depleted uranium makes it an effective material for piercing heavy armor on the battlefield, and is used by many militaries. Among them are Russia’s, which upgraded its main battle tank to add the ability to fire depleted uranium shells, the Tass state news agency reported in 2018.