UK and Russia exchange warnings over depleted uranium weapons.

The UK has denied that its pledge to send munitions containing depleted uranium to Ukraine is a nuclear escalation, after Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to react "accordingly". British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the ammunitions are purely conventional and not nuclear munitions. Depleted uranium has been used for decades in modern warfare because of the added penetrating power it provides. Putin has previously justified the use of nuclear weapons against the UK and Ukraine. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has warned against escalating the conflict and called for a peaceful settlement.