The Russian Foreign Ministry has called a provocation the British plan to transfer shells containing depleted uranium to Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said Britain intends to transfer depleted uranium shells to Ukraine to bring the Ukrainian conflict to a new level of aggression.

“This is another British provocation, which aims to bring the situation around Ukraine to a new cycle of aggression, conflict and confrontation, to give a qualitatively different dimension,” the door-keeper said. speech of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova on Sputnik radio.

According to her, the use of these munitions is a manifestation of genocide against the population against which they are used, as well as against those who use them. The department representative noted that everyone who lives in this territory or is in the surrounding areas will receive a dose of radiation.

“It’s not a one-time problem. They will always live with it, and in the first place, those who used it,” Zakharova added.

Earlier it became known that the British condemned the decision of the British government to transfer shells containing depleted uranium to Kiev.

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