Russia fires new warning at Britain & accuses UK of ‘genocide’ over plan to send uranium tank shells to Ukraine

RUSSIA has fired a new warning at Britain over plans to potentially arm Ukraine with tank shells containing depleted uranium. Moscow is fuming over the plan – with one of Vladimir Putin’s officials decrying it as “genocide”. ReutersVladimir Putin is raging over the UK’s plan[/caption] “This is a step towards a further escalation, and a serious one at that,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. He added that the use of such ammunition would “sharply reduce” Ukraine’s ability to “produce high-quality, uncontaminated food”. It came after Putin vowed the Uk would be “forced to react” to any such moves by the UK. Britain has accused the Russians of “deliberately trying to disinform” over a “standard component and has nothing to do with nuclear weapons or capabilities”. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also hit back – accusing the UK of “genocide”. “The use of ammunition with depleted uranium is a manifestation of genocide of the population against which it is used and the people who use them,” she said. Zakharova went on: “This is another British provocation, which aims to bring the situation around Ukraine to a new round of aggression, conflict and confrontation, to give a qualitatively different dimension.”