The United States, the UK, and France have rejected Russia’s allegation that Ukraine is planning to use a so-called “dirty bomb” in the ongoing conflict, and have accused the Kremlin of trying to use the allegation as a pretext for further escalation.
As Ukrainian forces advance into Russian-occupied Kherson Province, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu phoned Western counterparts on Oct. 23 to tell them Moscow suspected Kyiv of planning to use a “dirty bomb.”
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attend the opening of the Army 2022 International Military and Technical Forum in the Patriot Park outside Moscow, on Aug. 15, 2022. (Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
In a joint statement released on Oct. 24, the foreign ministers of France, the UK, and the United States said the countries reject Russia’s “transparently false allegations that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb on its own territory.”…