Depleted uranium munitions spark tensions between UK, Russia and US.
Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said there was no nuclear escalation in the Ukraine war after Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised Britain for supplying depleted uranium tank munitions to Ukrainian forces. Cleverly said that Russia was the only country talking about mounting nuclear risks and the ammunition was conventional. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close Putin ally, also waded into the row on Wednesday, saying Russia would retaliate against the British decision by providing Belarus with ammunition containing "real uranium".