Moscow made claims against Ukraine on Sunday that it was preparing to launch a “dirty bomb,” and Kyiv and Washington claim they are concerned that this may be used as justification for a Russian uprising.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergey Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, spoke with his colleagues in the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Turkey on Sunday to discuss the war in Ukraine.
Since the attack on Ukraine started at the end of February, the Russian Defense Minister has never had these talks in a single day.
The Russian minister criticised the Ukrainian situation for “going to more escalation outside control” during his discussions with his French counterpart Sebastian Lucurno. Later, the Russian minister held phone conversations with his Turkish counterpart Khulusi Akar and the British Ben Wallet.
Shoigo voiced his “concerns about future provocations by Ukraine deploying a dirty +bomb” throughout the three phone calls.
The French Ministry of Defense, for its part, corroborated Shoigu’s concerns that “Ukrainians employ a dirty bomb on their lands to blame Russia.” “France (rejects) any form of escalation, especially al -Nawawi,” said Sebastian Lucurno, stressing its determination to “contribute to a peaceful solution to the conflict alongside its allies.
According to his office, the British Minister of Defense denied what Moscow said about the involvement of Western nations in the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine during the discussions with Shoigo.
Additionally, the Russian ministry reported that Shoigo spoke on the phone with Lloyd Austin, the US Defense Secretary, on Sunday. These are the second talks between the two men since Friday, and the third since the conflict began.
There was no mention of the Ukrainians hinting at using a “dirty bomb” in the Russian statement regarding the recent talks.
The White House’s spokesperson for the National Security Council stated on Sunday that Moscow’s claims that Ukraine was prepared to use a “dirty bomb” on Russian forces were “obviously false.” The Pentagon (Pentagon) said in a statement that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also spoke Sunday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu at the request of the latter.
According to the Pentagon, who omitted mentioning the allegations of planning a “dirty bomb,” Austin rejected “any reason for an escalation from the Russian side” in this phone discussion.
Russian accusations were refuted by Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski, who stated that if Russia claims that Ukraine is getting ready for something, Russia has already done so. I believe that the world ought to react as harshly as possible.
On Sunday, Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, stated that he believed “peace is achievable” in Ukraine when “the Ukrainians decide. He said, “At a certain time, according to the development of matters, and when the Ukrainian people decide and their leaders on their conditions, peace will be built with the other side, and he is an enemy today, around a table. “.
Russia claims that Ukraine is getting ready to unleash a “dirty bomb.”
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