UK will not evade responsibility for supplying uranium rounds to Kiev — Russian embassy

The United Kingdom will not be able to dodge responsibility for the consequences of the use of depleted uranium rounds in Ukraine, the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom has said in a statement.
Commenting on Tuesday’s remarks by the Minister of State at the UK Ministry of Defence James Heappey, the embassy said: "He cynically stated that London is not monitoring the deployment of these weapons - the responsibility for this allegedly borne by the armed forces of Ukraine - and has no obligation to eliminate the consequences of their use following the end of the conflict. All this while discussions are ongoing at the IAEA on the issue of accountability to the Agency by countries that are participating in the supply of such source fissile materials."

"Shockingly, against this background, the UK Defence Ministry does not seem to realize the extent of hypocrisy of their clerical assurances that London intends to "lay the groundwork" for a successful post-conflict reconstruction of Ukraine," the statement says.

"We call on the British authorities not to indulge in illusory hopes that they will be able to get off scot-free by making the armed forces of Ukraine accountable for the toxic ammunition now at their disposal. London will not succeed in shifting blame to its Kiev clients for their crimes," Russian diplomats added...[TASS]