"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 the use of the supplied kits, "TASS quoted Hippie as saying.

He said that now the ammunition is controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the British Ministry of Defense does not track the places where depleted uranium ammunition is used.

A member of the British House of Lords, Minister of State for Defense of Great Britain, Annabelle Goldie, announced on March 21 that London would send Kyiv "ammunition, including armor-piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium."

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has something to respond to depleted uranium shells.