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UK supplying depleted uranium shells to Ukraine

Christine Mhundwa
May 11, 2023

Ukraine is gearing up for a long-anticipated counter-offensive with the hopes of taking back territory seized by Russian forces. Kyiv’s western allies have been delivering on promised weaponry, including depleted uranium shells from the UK. What is depleted uranium, and does it pose a nuclear threat, as Russia suggests?

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