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Ukraine news – live: Russia warns of ‘nuclear collision’ and threatens UK over ammunition

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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.

Speaking in London on Monday, defence minister Annabel Goldie said some of the ammunition for the Challenger 2 battle tanks that Britain was sending to Ukraine includes armour piercing rounds which contain depleted uranium.

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.

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.

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Russian defence minister warns of possible ‘nuclear collision’ with West

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said there were fewer and fewer steps left before a potential “nuclear collision” between Russia and the West, Interfax news agency reported.

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Shoigu was responding to media reports 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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Xi tells Putin: China and Russia should push for more ‘practical’ cooperation

China and Russia should work more closely to push forward greater “practical cooperation”, Chinese president Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

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“The early harvest of (our) cooperation can be seen, and further cooperation is being advanced,” Xi told Putin in formal talks in Moscow, according to Hong Kong cable television.

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Ukraine marks one-year anniversary of first win in Russian invasion, says Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky cheered on the one year anniversary of Ukraine’s first battle victory in Kyiv.

“Ukraine began to mark the first anniversary of the first victorious battles of the full-scale war - the battles in the north of our country that made the occupier flee,” Mr Zelensky said last night.

He added: “It was on 21 March last year that the Battle of Moshchun, a small village in the Kyiv region, ended, and it was the first major step of our country towards victory in this war.”

“There were other such steps... The Battle of Hostomel. The Battle of Irpin. Fighting in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The Battle of Zmiinyi. A fierce confrontation in the south of Ukraine and our unique defence operation that returned freedom to the Kharkiv region,” Mr Zelensky said.

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Watch: Putin hails China’s Xi plan to settle ‘acute crisis’ in Ukraine

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‘Signs’ Putin has requested lethal weapons from China, Nato chief says

“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,” Mr Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels.

He said China should not provide weapons that could be used in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as “that would be to support an illegal war.” He added that arms supplies would prolong the conflict.

Don’t support ‘illegal war’ in Ukraine, Jens Stoltenberg urges Xi Jinping

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Latest images from Kishida’s visit to Kyiv

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Watch: Putin hits out at British plans to supply Ukraine with weapons containing nuclear components

Putin hits out at British plans to supply Ukraine with weapons containing nuclear components

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Russia targets Nobel Peace Prize rights group with raids

Russian authorities on Tuesday raided the homes and offices of multiple human rights advocates and historians with the prominent rights group Memorial that won the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

The wave of searches, after which police took Memorial activists in for questioning, is part of a steady and sweeping crackdown that the Kremlin has unleashed against dissent in recent years. It has intensified after Moscow invaded Ukraine more than a year ago.

The Russian authorities have raided homes and offices of multiple human rights advocates and historians with the prominent rights group Memorial that won the Nobel Peace Prize last year

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UK dismisses Putin ‘disinformation’ over depleted uranium tank ammunition

Britain has accused President Vladimir Putin of deliberate disinformation after he claimed the UK was supplying Ukraine with “weapons with a nuclear component”.

Following talks in Moscow with China’s President Xi Jinping, Mr Putin said Russia will “respond accordingly” if Britain sends depleted uranium tank ammunition to the government in Kyiv.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) however dismissed the warning, saying the armour-piercing shells had been standard equipment for decades and were “nothing to do with nuclear weapons or capabilities”

We have more on the MoD’s response here:

The Russian leader said Moscow will ‘respond accordingly’ if the West supplies weapons ‘with a nuclear component’ to Ukraine.

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Putin’s claim Britain is sending nuclear arms to Ukraine is ‘bonkers’, says expert

China’s peace plan could be the basis for settling the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin claimed on Tuesday as he accused Britain of using “nuclear” tank ammunition.

Speaking after marathon talks in Moscow with Xi Jinping, the Russian president accused the West of not being interested in a deal.

“It looks like the West indeed intends to fight Russia until the last Ukrainian,” he said.

Alastair Jamieson has more:

‘There is no way that you could create a nuclear explosion with depleted uranium’