Britain is not obliged to participate in the elimination of the consequences of the use of depleted uranium shells that London supplies to Kyiv, Deputy Secretary of Defense James Heappey said. "We have sent thousands of sets of shells for the Challenger 2 to Ukraine, including armor-piercing shells with depleted uranium.

For reasons of operational security, we will not comment on the indicators of use of the supplied kits," he said. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has something to respond to depleted uranium Shells.