Russia has confirmed its warnings that Kyiv is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” in Ukraine and said it would raise the case, which the West and Ukraine reject as false, to the UN Security Council later today Tuesday.
Russia informed the UN of this last night, and according to diplomats, Moscow plans to bring up the subject in the Security Council during a private meeting today.
Russia informed the Security Council, Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Vasily Nippinsia that it would “consider the deployment of the Kyiv dirty bomb regime as an act of nuclear terrorism.”
Ukrainian President Foludmir Zellinski said the accusation is a sign that Moscow, which threatened to use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, plans to such an attack and is preparing to transfer the accusation to Ukraine.
Senior Russian officials called their Western counterparts on Sunday and Monday to voice their concerns as the Ukrainian army moved closer to the Russian area of Jiusson.
France, Britain and the United States rejected the accusations and described it as “clearly false”, and Washington warned Russia of “serious repercussions” of any use of nuclear weapons, while it said that there is no indication of this yet.
If a dirty bomb or an atomic weapon is deployed, there will be consequences for Russia, according to US State Department spokesperson Ned Price. There is no indication, according to the White House, that Russia will use a dirty bomb or any other nuclear weapon.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukraine intends to use a “dirty bomb” attack to put the responsibility for the radioactive pollution that results on Russia, something Russia has been preparing for.
In response to Russia’s allegations regarding the “dirty bomb,” the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations said it was getting ready to send inspectors to two unannounced Ukrainian facilities. Kyiv made the request. She noted that searches are now being conducted at both places.
The Eastern Metal Enrichment Station in the Dnipropterrovsk region of central Ukraine and the Nuclear Research Institute in Kyiv were previously named by the Russian government’s media agency as the two collaborating sites.
Moscow refers the Security Council the “dirty bomb” issue
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