"We have sent thousands of rounds of Challenger 2 ammunition to Ukraine, including depleted uranium armour-piercing rounds. For operational security reasons, we will not comment on Ukrainian usage rates for the rounds provided," says British Armed Forces Minister.
The US Navy's "doomsday plane," the E-6B Mercury, has landed in Iceland to conduct operations in the US European Command zone, amid rising tensions with Russia over the suspension of the New START nuclear treaty.
"I have to say today that Russia is suspending its participation in New START. I repeat, not withdrawing from the treaty, no, but merely suspending its participation," Putin said.