“According to the information we have, two Ukrainian organizations have specific means of creating the so-called ‘dirty bomb.’
“The purpose of this provocation is to accuse Russia of using weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine, and thus to start a major anti-Russian campaign in the world,” he accused, adding, “Kiev is trying to intimidate the local population and increase the flow. Refugees.” All over Europe”.
“The explosion of a radioactive explosive device will inevitably lead to surface contamination of the area that can reach thousands of square meters,” he warned.
Kirillov also accused the UK government of “contacts” with Ukraine regarding the “possibility of Kiev’s purchase of (necessary) technologies for the production of nuclear weapons”.
Paris, London and Washington said in a joint statement that Moscow’s accusations that the Ukrainian government was seeking to resort to a “dirty bomb” were “false”.
Kiev called the reports “absurd and dangerous”. President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the “strongest possible response” from his Western allies on Sunday night.
On Sunday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told his American, French, British and Turkish counterparts “his concerns about provocations by Ukraine using a ‘dirty bomb'”.
Ukrainians and Westerners suspect that Russia could accuse Ukraine of preparing to detonate a “dirty bomb” and then justify military escalation with a tactical nuclear weapon as a retaliatory move.
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