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France, the United States and the United Kingdom described as “obviously false” the statements of Russia, which accuses Ukraine of preparing the use of a “dirty bomb”. For the governments of these countries it is a pretext from Moscow to justify an “escalation”. For its part, the Kremlin has said it will take this issue to the UN, just as eight months have passed since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.
kyiv and its allies assure that the Russian complaint about the preparation of a “dirty bomb” is a pretext for Russia to escalate the war, after Moscow announced that it will present the issue to the UN, since Ukraine would supposedly be “advancing military strategies against Russian territory.
Faced with these statements, France, the United States and the United Kingdom have jointly rejected the accusations, assuring that it is a Russian strategy to prepare new actions against Ukraine.
“No one would be fooled by an attempt to use this accusation as a pretext for escalation. More generally, we reject any pretext for escalation by Russia,” Paris, Washington and London said in a statement.
The foreign representatives of the three countries added that they are “determined” to continue their support for Ukraine, in addition to providing economic and humanitarian assistance in the face of the ravages of the so-called special operation in Ukraine, which this Monday is already eight months old.
The complaint made by Russia
Russia denounced that Ukraine is preparing a “dirty bomb”, referring to an explosive device that spreads radioactive elements in the atmosphere and on the surface of the ground when it is detonated.
“We have concrete information about Ukrainian institutions, scientific research centers, that have the technologies that allow this ‘dirty bomb’ to be created, we have information that we repeatedly verify through the corresponding channels that it is not an empty suspicion,” said the Foreign Minister. , Sergei Lavrov.
Lavrov also drew attention to the “Western media reaction” to the accusation made by Russia.
“It follows the course of the unrestricted support that the West offers its puppet Zelensky, to whom they allow any Russophobic action, not only in the form of declarations, but through the bombing of civilian targets and the murder of the civilian population,” added the head of Russian Foreign.
Lavrov also criticized the statements of his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, who stated that the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, would send a mission to Ukraine to investigate the allegations.
“I have information that Grossi received the request, and before leaving on an international trip he said he would study it. We know how our Ukrainian colleagues misrepresent the facts,” he added.
Increased mistrust between the fronts
Sergei Shoigu, Russian Defense Minister, contacted his counterparts from the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Turkey to address “Russia’s concerns about possible Ukrainian provocations with the use of a ‘dirty bomb'”, received fact by Western countries in disbelief.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the activation of protocols to carry out missions in conditions of radioactive contamination by the alleged Ukrainian “dirty bomb”.
“Work has been organized to deal with possible provocations by Ukraine, a state of alert was declared for the performance of missions in conditions of radioactive contamination,” said Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s Radiological, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces. .
According to the official, “the detonation of a device that includes radioactive elements will inevitably lead to radiological contamination of an area of up to several thousand square meters.”
with EFE
