Putin hits out at British plans to supply Ukraine with weapons containing nuclear components

Vladimir Putin has said that Ukraine's Western allies so far have shown no interest in a peace plan.

Speaking after talks with visiting Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the Russian president noted British plans to provide Kyiv with ammunition for battle tanks containing depleted uranium, saying that it heralds the West switching to supplying Ukraine with weapons containing nuclear components.

Mr Putin then noted that Russia will "respond accordingly given that the West collectively is already beginning to use weapons with a nuclear component."

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[jeff]

Why not go look up depleted uranium munitions birth defects?.

[stephfran]

Damn, the UK is signing a death warrant, Russia WILL retaliate, I guarantee it. If I lived in the UK, I'd move, NOW!

[jaersee]

EXCELENTE LATINOAMERICA APOYA QUE RUSIA HAGA DESAPARECER LA ISLA DE LOS PIRATAS.
¡FUERZA RUSIA!
💪🏻🇷🇺✊🏻

[tomvsn]

Meanwhile maybe you already seen:
Government to test emergency alert system in nationwide test sent to mobile phones
Sunday 23 April.

Things are getting crazy.

[DDD-xxmg]

One step closer to use of tactical nukes. UK can’t help itself but to escalate the conflict, still thinks it’s in British Empire hay days. 😂

[johnsparrow]

Ukrainians receive depleted uranium training. he UK announced on Monday that the Ukrainian soldiers trained on Challenger 2 tanks have finished the course and returned home. The British defense ministry released a documentary that showed Ukrainians handling the depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds, among other things.

[markaxworthy]

TASS, the official Russian press Agency: "20 DEC 2018, 09:29
Russia’s upgraded T-80BV tank to feature capability of firing depleted uranium shells
The use of depleted uranium ammunition does not violate any international treaties, expert says." Later Russian tanks already had the capacity to use depleted Uranium ammunition and have already used it in Ukraine.

[trevortrevortsr]

Oh no he threatening to nuke us and I just spent all day planting me broad beans !

[proselytizingorthodoxpente]

'Containing nuclear components' lol

[YakobtoshiNakamoto]

Lol Putin we haven't even begun to get started yet!