In his address, Putin stated that Russia “doesn’t need” to launch a nuclear strike on Ukraine, as it “doesn’t make neither political nor military sense to do so.” He then repeated the claim that Kyiv “is doing everything to cover up the traces of the development of a ‘dirty bomb.”
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“It was I who instructed Shoigu to call all his counterparts (foreign Defense Ministers) and inform them about this,” said the dictator.
“We cannot ignore such things.”
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Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu contacted his French, UK, and Turkish counterparts on Oct. 23, “alerting” them to Ukraine’s plans to allegedly stage false flag operations involving a “dirty bomb” device.
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Western leaders and NATO officials have subsequently dismissed the claims as “absurd.”
Ukraine invited the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to send inspectors to examine all Ukrainian nuclear facilities – including the ones where Russia claims the “dirty bomb” is being developed.
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