The ministers indicated that the Russian Minister of Defense, at his request, made contacts with his counterparts in these countries regarding “these allegations that Russia uses an excuse to escalate the rejected by these countries. ”
In response to “the cruel aggressive assault started by President Vladimir Putin,” foreign ministers also reaffirmed their shared commitment to continuing to provide security, economic, and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.
” During telephone conversations, on Sunday, Russian Defense Secretary Sergey Shoigu expressed his British, French and Turkish counterparts, his “concerns about potential provocations by Ukraine using (a dirty bomb)”, consisting of traditional explosives and radioactive materials.
Responses from Kyiv and Washington • Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski denied the allegations made by Russia.
Zellinski remarked: “When Russia claims that Ukraine is getting ready for something, it only implies that Russia has already done all of this. I believe that the world ought to react as harshly as possible.”
• The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) said in a statement that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also spoke Sunday with Shoigu at the request of the latter.
• The Pentagon did not specifically refer to the allegations that Austin rejected “any excuse for an escalation from the Russian side” during this phone discussion.
• In the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine, the American minister emphasised the significance of “constant communication.”
• Moscow’s accusations are “obviously false,” according to Adrian Watson, spokesman for the US National Security Council.
” • Watson said in a statement that the United States rejects “the wrong allegations clearly to Minister Shoigo, in which he said that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb on its territory. ”
• In the event that this assertion is used as a pretext for an escalation, she vowed that “the world will not be dumb.”
Reactions to “the use of a dirty bomb” from Washington, Paris, and London
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