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Ukraine: Depleted Uranium

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 181337, tabled on 18 April 2023

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 on

25 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.