Asserting that Moscow should not use this “excuse” to escalate, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg stated on Monday that the alliance rejects the “false assertions” of Russia that Ukraine is planning to use a “dirty bomb.”
Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter that “NATO allies reject this claim,” noting that he discussed this with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his British counterpart between Wallace.
Additionally, he emphasised that Russia shouldn’t use this justification to intensify the confrontation in Ukraine.
Following the confirmation by the Russian Ministry of Defense in its daily briefing that Ukraine had “reached the final stage of constructing this bomb,” a warning that radioactive elements might envelop Poland if it went off was issued.
She added that radioactive materials would disperse in the atmosphere to a distance of up to 1500 kilometres if the “dirty bomb” detonated.
In response, Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, emphasised that the threat from Ukraine regarding the “dirty bomb” is genuine.
According to the Russian Sputnik, he also thought that “it is up to the West if they wanted to believe it or not.”
However, in a joint statement released today, the United States, Britain, and France reaffirmed their denial of these accusations and issued a warning to Moscow against using any excuse to escalate the conflict.
Fears of the conflict and its crimes have increased since the beginning of the Russian military operation on Ukrainian territory on February 24. This is especially true after Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted to the potential of deploying the atomic bomb in a speech broadcast on September 21.
Then, he emphasised that he was prepared to employ “all means” available to him to combat the West if it ever posed a threat to his country’s security or territorial integrity, indicating that many Western analysts believed that the use of tactical nuclear weapons was intended.
NATO: By not using the “dirty bomb” as a pretext to escalate, Russia is invited.
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