Russian complaints about Britain’s declaration that it will send depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine were dismissed by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday.
Moscow issued a “serious” threat on Wednesday that the Ukraine crisis would worsen if London provided Kyiv with armor-piercing ammunition.
“NATO allies are following international rules and international law in everything they do in their support for Ukraine,” Stoltenberg told AFP when asked about the British plans and Russian complaints.
“The dangerous thing is the war, which is taking thousands of lives,” he said at the operational launch of a new fleet of NATO-EU air-refuelling planes at a Dutch airbase.
“The most important thing that can be done to reduce risks is for President Putin to stop the war.”
The depleted uranium rounds would be given to Ukraine, the UK’s deputy defense minister Annabel Goldie said on Monday. The metal’s weight makes steel more readily penetrated by shells.
