{"id":17699,"date":"2026-07-16T12:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/17699\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:08:15","slug":"ukraines-sbu-warns-russia-sent-nuclear-dirty-drone-weapons-into-battle-london-business-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/17699\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s SBU warns Russia sent nuclear \u2018dirty\u2019 drone weapons into battle – London Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine\u2019s security services have uncovered further evidence they say shows Russia used drones fitted with hazardous depleted uranium components during attacks on Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said two Russian Geran-2 attack drones recovered after strikes in the Sumy region in April 2026 contained fragments of depleted uranium, a material that can pose health risks if handled improperly.<\/p>\n

According to the SBU, the drones had been modified with R-60M air-to-air missiles, which Russian forces have reportedly adapted for use as explosive warheads on unmanned systems.<\/p>\n

Investigators and emergency specialists<\/a> detected elevated radiation levels at the crash sites, recording readings of 8.3 and 10.5 microsieverts per hour \u2014 above normal background radiation levels.<\/p>\n

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A forensic examination found the missile components contained around 2.8 kilograms of depleted uranium fragments, including uranium isotopes U-234, U-235 and U-238, the SBU said.<\/p>\n

The hazardous materials were later removed and neutralised by specialists.<\/p>\n

Kyiv has launched a war crimes investigation<\/a> into the incidents, with prosecutors seeking to identify those responsible for deploying the weapons.<\/p>\n

The latest claims follow an earlier discovery in April 2026, when Ukrainian officials said they found elevated radiation levels on the wreckage of another Russian drone<\/a> in the Chernihiv region.<\/p>\n

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In that case, investigators reported radiation readings of 12 microsieverts per hour and said the recovered R-60 missile warhead also contained depleted uranium.<\/p>\n

The allegations have not been independently verified, and Moscow has not publicly commented on the claims.<\/p>\n

The reports come as Ukraine continues to target Russian drone<\/a> and missile infrastructure while both sides expand the use of modified weapons systems in a conflict increasingly dominated by long-range strikes and unmanned warfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s security services have uncovered further evidence they say shows Russia used drones fitted with hazardous depleted uranium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[351,1376,79,80,81],"class_list":["post-17699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-defence","tag-nuclear","tag-politics","tag-russia-ukraine","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}