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In the UK, on March 21, they announced that they would supply Ukraine with depleted uranium shells
TASS-DOSSIER. On March 21, British Deputy Defense Minister Baroness Annabel Goldie announced that the United Kingdom would supply Ukraine with shells containing depleted uranium and having increased efficiency in destroying armored vehicles. On March 22, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said on Sputnik radio that the use of depleted uranium ammunition is genocide against the population of the territories where this type of weapon is used.
Ryabkov: the US policy of escalation in Ukraine has changed the security situation for the Russian Federation
The deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Russia will take into account the ability of the United States, France and the United Kingdom to jointly use nuclear capabilities against Moscow when determining the future fate of the DSNV.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry equated forcing denuclearization with declaring war
North Korean Foreign Ministry: Pyongyang equates forcing denuclearization with declaring war
Pyongyang equates attempts to force North Korea to denuclearize with a declaration of war, said the head of the Department for International Organizations of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, Cho Chol-soo.
British Foreign Ministry: delivery of depleted uranium shells to Kiev does not lead to nuclear escalation
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom James Cleverley, Russia is not in danger, "we are talking exclusively about helping Ukraine to protect itself"
The UK's supply of depleted uranium shells to Ukraine does not lead to a nuclear escalation of the conflict. This point of view was expressed on Wednesday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, James Cleverley.
Lukashenko commented on London's initiative to transfer depleted uranium shells to Kiev
The President of Belarus believes that the UK will carry out such deliveries to Ukraine
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed the opinion on Wednesday that Moscow's response to Kiev's possible use of depleted uranium ammunition to strike Russian positions "will be terrible."
What is depleted uranium, the shells with which Ukraine will receive, and why is it "not a dirty bomb"
London announced that it would supply depleted uranium ammunition to Kiev
The United Kingdom, as part of the military assistance provided to Ukraine, intends to send depleted uranium shells to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the kingdom Annabel Goldie. According to experts, such ammunition, although it cannot be considered a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb, but it poses a certain danger. "Newspaper.Ru" found out what exactly.
The UK will supply Ukraine with depleted uranium shells
Such projectiles are highly effective at hitting tanks and armored vehicles, said the Deputy Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom Annabel Goldie
The British authorities will supply Ukraine with shells containing depleted uranium and having increased efficiency in destroying armored vehicles.
The features of depleted uranium shells for Abrams tanks are described
Depleted uranium shells for American Abrams tanks, which can be supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, have a high level of toxicity and carcinogenicity, but they are inferior to dirty bombs in terms of the degree of radioactive damage. The relevant features of RBC shells were described by experts.
Putin: Russia will have to react to weapons with a nuclear component
Putin: Russia will react to the West's use of weapons with a nuclear component
Russia will be forced to react if the collective West starts using weapons with a nuclear component, President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The Russian Embassy warned London against supplying Kiev with depleted uranium shells
The use of such ammunition is fraught with an escalation of the conflict and will affect the health of the local population, the diplomatic mission noted
The Russian Embassy in the UK warned London against transferring depleted uranium shells to Kiev. As emphasized in the embassy's comment, transmitted to TASS on Tuesday, this step is fraught with an escalation of the conflict, and the use of such ammunition will affect the health of the local population.
North Korea held exercises simulating a nuclear counterattack over the weekend - Mass media
North Korea said on Monday that it conducted exercises over the weekend simulating a tactical nuclear counterattack.
The Russian Navy reported on the conduct of nuclear-powered multiple rocket launchers with ballistic missiles
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolay Evmenov said that it is also planned to work out the surfacing of submarines in the North Pole area
Nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy (Navy) will perform multiple rocket launchers with ballistic missiles for test purposes. This was stated by the Commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.
Canberra, as a condition for obtaining nuclear submarines, did not promise to support the United States in the event of a conflict over Taiwan - the head of the Ministry of Defense
The Australian authorities did not promise the United States to support them in the event of a military conflict around Taiwan in exchange for receiving nuclear submarines (submarines) as part of the AUKUS partnership, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles told ABC television on Sunday.
Here are the goals pursued by the United States, sending a drone to the Black Sea
American Thinker: Biden provokes Putin to direct military confrontation
The Americans are dangerously provoking Russia into a direct military clash, writes The American Thinker. This is the only way to assess the provocations with US drones over the Black Sea and the simulation of a B-52 bomber missile strike on St. Petersburg.
Russian submariners will receive three nuclear and two diesel submarines
Russian submariners will receive three nuclear and two diesel submarines at once in 2023
The Russian Navy will be replenished in 2023 with five new submarines at once — three nuclear and two diesel, after repair and modernization, two more nuclear-powered submarines will return to combat strength. In addition, as Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), told RIA Novosti, it is planned to conclude state contracts for the construction of new series of submarines.
Northern Stronghold: Russia resumes construction of combat icebreakers
The ships will perform tasks in the most difficult conditions of the Arctic
The Russian Defense Ministry will receive the third diesel-electric icebreaker of project 21180/21180M "Ilya Muromets". It is already known that it will be executed according to the updated project and will be delivered to the Northern Fleet.
Australia has become another victim of America's hypnosis
"The three countries chose to ignore the concerns of the international community and decided to take a dangerous path." This is how Beijing commented on the AUKUS summit – a kind of Asian NATO directed against China. Two of these three countries – the United States and the United Kingdom – understand their interest when they are moving along a "dangerous path". But Australia is being dragged along it, as if to the slaughter.
America will pull Australia into the nuclear club
President Biden unveiled a $368 billion underwater shipbuilding program
US President Joseph Biden announced his decision to transfer three Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia in the next decade, and then a couple more. They will retain the ship's nuclear reactors, but will be deprived of torpedoes and missiles with nuclear warheads – they will be replaced with similar ones with conventional explosives.
The British: stop inciting the Russians against us!
DM readers were outraged by the "propaganda trick" of the British media about the Russian missile
If Russia blows up its Poseidon nuclear torpedo off the coast of Britain, the country will literally be washed into the sea — the author of the Daily Mail article came to this conclusion. Readers are indignant: "Stop inciting us against the Russians! The United States is more likely to go for a nuclear provocation."
Russian pilot punished a US air scout with jewelry work
The United States suffered its first losses in the zone of the Russian special operation in Ukraine. The MQ-9 UAV fell into the Black Sea as a result of "unprofessional actions" of the Russian Su-27 fighter, according to the Pentagon. In fact, the actions of the Russian pilot were maximally verified, and the incident itself may mean a change in Russia's entire approach to NATO aviation flights near our borders. How was an American drone destroyed in the Black Sea?