Russia's defense chief alleged Sunday that Ukraine was preparing a “provocation” involving a radioactive device, a stark claim that was strongly rejected by U.S., British and Ukrainian officials amid soaring tensions as Moscow struggles to stem Ukrainian advances in the south.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the allegations in phone calls with his counterparts from the United States, Britain, France and Turkey.
Russia’s defense ministry said Shoigu voiced concern about “possible Ukrainian provocations involving a ‘dirty bomb,’” a device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive waste. It doesn’t have the devastating effect of a nuclear explosion, but could expose broad areas to radioactive contamination.
The Ukrainins are trying to liberate every square centimeter of their land from the Russian occupiers. It makes absolutely no sense for them to detonate a dirty bomb on their own territory.
This only makes sense if you view it as the Russians preparing an excuse for a nuclear attack, one that they can sell to their own people. Because one thing is clear from this war: Russia is a practitioner of terrorism on a grand scale.
On the other hand, ISW believes this to be a ham-handed attempt to persuade Western nations to scale back their support for Ukraine.
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ReplyDeletePutin claims the Ukrainians are the Nazis but Putin seems to have learned from the guy with the little mustache's play book. He is just doing things a little bit backwards and drumming up excuses for attacking, like was done at the false flag attack on the German radio station in Gleiwitz, Germany on august 31, 1939.
ReplyDeleteScary part is they already did that by digging in the
ReplyDeletered forest. How many? And that disaster was under
Russian watch twice!
Eck!