According to Associated Press 23, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said on the same day that Ukraine may carry out a "provocation" involving radioactive " dirty bomb ", but this statement has been strongly denied by officials from the United States, Britain and Ukrainians.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, anonymous and reliable sources from many countries such as Ukraine said that the Kiev regime is preparing to detonate a "dirty bomb" in Ukraine to provoke. "Dirty bombs" are also called "radiation diffusion devices". They distribute radioactive dust or smoke through explosives, causing to radioactive contamination of .
According to people familiar with the matter, the heads of the eastern mining and mineral processing plant located in the town of Zovtivodi in Dnepropetrovsk Prefecture, Ukraine and the heads of the Kiev Nuclear Research Institute have been commissioned to create such "dirty bombs". The source said the process was supervised by Western managers in Kiev.
Sources believe that the purpose of this "provocative" campaign is to accuse Russia of using weapons of mass destruction in special military operations and launch a "global anti-Russian campaign" aimed at undermining trust in Russia.
Shoigu Picture source: People's Vision
The Associated Press said that Russian Defense Minister Shoigu expressed concerns about "Ukraine's possible use of provocative activities involving 'dirty bombs'" while talking to the defense ministers of the United States, Britain, France and Turkey .
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace refuted this statement and warned Russia not to use it as an excuse to escalate the situation.
Adrienne Watson, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said in a statement that the United States denied Shoigu's "obviously wrong allegations" and that "the world will see through any attempt to escalate the situation under the pretext of this allegation."
The French Ministry of Defense said that Shoigu told French Foreign Minister Sebastien Lecornu that the situation in Ukraine is deteriorating rapidly and “there is an uncontrollable escalation trend.”
Ukrainian President Zelensky said in a televised speech on the evening of the 23rd that it was Russia that was preparing for the deployment of radioactive devices on Ukrainian territory, and that "the world should respond to any escalation in Russia in the toughest way."
Zelensky said: "If Russia calls and says Ukraine is allegedly preparing to do something, it only means one thing: Russia itself is ready to do all of this."
According to Prague, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kureba's statement that "dirty bomb" is "both absurd and dangerous." He wrote on Twitter : "First of all, Ukraine is a firm member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). We do not have any ‘dirty bombs’ and do not intend to get them. Secondly, Russians often accuse others of doing what they plan their own."
(Editor: ZLQ)
