Russia Warns of ‘Nuclear Collision’ And Threatens UK Over Depleted Uranium Ammunition

• Russia Warns of ‘Nuclear Collision’ And Threatens UK Over Depleted Uranium Ammunition
  by Liam James and Emily Atkinson, https://sg.news.yahoo.com/
  Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has said there were fewer and fewer steps left before a potential “nuclear collision” between Russia and the West, reports say. Shoigu was responding to claims that Britain would supply Ukraine with ammunition containing depleted uranium, a move to which he said Moscow would respond, Interfax reported.
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  Elsewhere, Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has pointed to “signs” that Vladimir Putin has requested lethal weapons from China. “We haven’t seen any proof that China is delivering lethal weapons to Russia but we have seen some signs that this has been a request from Russia, and that this is an issue that is considered in Beijing by the Chinese authorities,” Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels.
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  “China should not provide lethal aid to Russia, that would be to support an illegal war.”
  It comes after the Kremlin said Putin and Xi Jinping discussed Beijing’s peace plan for Ukraine as the two leaders held a “thorough” exchange of views during their first day of talks in Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to give further details, telling reporters to wait for a joint statement from the Russian and Chinese presidents later today after further talks.
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