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Putin makes unsubstantiated claim that Ukraine has plans to use a dirty bomb
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Russia has given no evidence of Ukraine planning to use a bomb that would spread radiation on its own territory. The U.S. has warned Russia may be setting a pretext for its own future actions.
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Russia’s defense chief on Sunday alleged that Ukraine was preparing a “provocation” involving a radioactive device, a stark claim that was strongly rejected by Ukrainian and British officials amid soaring tensions as Moscow struggles to stem Ukrainian advances in the south.
In response to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's claim that Kyiv has plans to use a "dirty bomb" in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said only Russia could plan to use nuclear weapons in Europe. DW has the latest.
Western officials were trying to decipher Moscow’s motives on Monday after jointly rejecting a Russian allegation that Kyiv is preparing to deploy a so-called dirty bomb in Ukraine....
By Barbara Starr and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Russia’s defense minister accused Ukrainians of planning to use a so-called dirty bomb — a claim that was strongly refuted by US officials on Sunday as a Russian false flag operation.
In calls to Western defense officials, Moscow is raising a false flag to lay the groundwork for its own escalation of the war, the National Security Council says.
Western officials have denied Russia’s latest claim that Ukraine is planning to use a dirty bomb within their borders, calling the accusation “transparently false.”
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Sunday had telephone calls with his French, British and Turkish counterparts in which he made unfounded claims that Ukraine might be preparing to use a “dirty...
Russia believes Ukraine is preparing to detonate "dirty bombs" in an attempt to frame them and escalate war. Western countries believe that this claim is "transparently false."
By groundlessly suggesting that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb,” the Kremlin is testing the West—and potentially provoking a nuclear standoff.
Russia on Monday claimed that Ukraine was in the "final stages" of developing a so-called dirty bomb to use against Moscow's forces, allegations Kyiv said
Russia's defense minister claimed in a series of calls with Western counterparts that Ukraine was preparing to detonate a "dirty bomb" in its own territory.
Ukraine has slammed Russia's unsubstantiated claims that Kyiv is planning to use a radioactive bomb in its own territory, calling the claims "dangerous" lies and prompting the US, France and Britain to…
Ukraine’s nuclear energy operator says Russian forces have performed secret work at Europe's largest nuclear power plant. The activity could shed light on Russia’s unsubstantiated claims that Kyiv’s forces are
Russia has alleged that Kyiv has ordered two organizations to create a dirty bomb - an explosive device laced with radioactive material, without giving any evidence.
The Russian government has brought the issue of Ukraine's "dirty bomb" to the UN today, hoping to reinforce the fiction that Ukraine has constructed such
