Russia steps up Ukraine ‘dirty bomb’ claim in letter delivered to UN
by Julian Borger in Washington and Peter Beaumont from World news | The Guardian on (#653FS)
Kyiv's allies dismiss allegation it could use such a weapon on its own soil as scientifically absurd and a distraction effort
Russia has stepped up its nuclear propaganda and delivered a letter to the United Nations claiming that Ukraine is preparing to detonate a dirty bomb" on its territory, an allegation dismissed by Kyiv, western governments and weapons experts as absurd and an attempt at distraction or pretext for Moscow's own escalation.
The letter was addressed to the UN secretary general and the Gabonese ambassador, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the security council, and follows calls by Russia's defence minister to foreign ministers in recent days making similar unfounded allegations.
Continue reading...