The Declassified UK portal pointed out that the footage with these ammunition is contained in a video that the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom published on its own YouTube channelLONDON, March 27.
/tass/. British instructors trained Ukrainian tank crews in the use of depleted uranium ammunition. This was announced on Monday by the Declassified UK portal, specializing in investigative journalism.
According to the online publication, in a video about the training of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces in the UK to control Challenger 2 tanks, posted on March 26 by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom on its own YouTube channel, you can see footage of depleted uranium ammunition. In addition, a military instructor from the United States was also present at the classes shown. This fragment of the video is described by the defense department of the kingdom as follows: "Instructors begin to acquaint gunners, loaders and commanders with the types of ammunition for Challenger 2."
Doug Weir, an expert at the British charity organization Observatory of Conflicts and the Environment, said in an interview with the publication that the depleted uranium ammunition shown in the video was marked as "inert". "The orange-black munition in the video appears to be an inert demo version of the 120 mm British CHARM3 DU munition (the technical term for British stocks of depleted uranium shells - approx. TASS)," he said. Weir stressed that the use of such ammunition "poses a danger to people" because it provokes breathing problems.
Tanks and ammunition
On Monday, the British Ministry of Defense announced that Ukrainian tank crews had completed the training process for managing Challenger 2 tanks and returned from the United Kingdom to Ukraine. It is assumed that these crews will be involved in the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the coming weeks.
On January 14, Great Britain was the first Western country to announce that it would transfer 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Kiev. On January 29, the Ministry of Defense of the kingdom announced the arrival of the first Ukrainian tank crews in the country for training. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on February 8 that the tanks would be delivered to Ukraine in March.
In a written response published on March 20 by British Deputy Defense Minister Baroness Annabel Goldie to a question from a member of the House of Lords of Parliament, it is said that the kingdom's authorities will deliver to Ukraine shells containing depleted uranium and having increased efficiency in destroying armored vehicles. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 21 that the plans for the supply of depleted uranium shells indicate the West's intention "to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, not in words, but in deeds." The Russian leader noted that Russia will have to react.
