Ukraine: Depleted Uranium

(asked on 18th April 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department monitors the locations where British-supplied Challenger 2 tanks fire depleted uranium rounds in Ukraine.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 25th April 2023

British-supplied Challenger 2 tanks and depleted uranium (DU) ammunition granted to Ukraine are now under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The Ministry of Defence does not monitor the locations from where DU rounds are fired by the AFU in Ukraine.

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