By Francis Ugwu Western countries have accused Russia of plotting to use a threat of a bomb laced with nuclear material as a pretext for...
By Francis Ugwu
Western countries have accused Russia of plotting to use a
threat of a bomb laced with nuclear material as a pretext for escalation in
Ukraine, NAN reports.
With Ukrainian forces advancing into Russian-occupied
Kherson province, Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu phoned Western
counterparts on Sunday to tell them Moscow suspected Kyiv of planning to use a
“dirty bomb”.
In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of France,
Britain, and the United States said they had all rejected the allegations and
reaffirmed their support for Ukraine against Russia.
“Our countries made clear that we all reject Russia’s
transparently false allegations that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb
on its territory,” they said in a statement.
In an overnight address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky said the Russian accusation was a sign Moscow was planning such an
attack itself and would blame Ukraine.
“If Russia calls and says that Ukraine is allegedly
preparing something, it means one thing: Russia has already prepared all this,”
Zelensky said.
“So when today the Russian Minister of Defense organises a
phone carousel and calls foreign ministers with stories about the so-called
‘dirty’ nuclear bomb, everyone understands everything well”.
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