Western powers reject Russia's ‘dirty bomb’ claim against Ukraine

WASHINGTON, 24 October 2022, (TON): The United States, Britain and France jointly dismissed Russian claims that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb and warned Moscow against using any pretext for escalating the conflict.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the allegation about a possible dirty bomb attack in a round of telephone conversations with Western defense chiefs.
US State Department said “our countries made clear that we all reject Russia’s transparently false allegations that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb on its own territory."
“The world would see through any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation,” the statement went on.

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