The Russian-US chiefs of staff had a telephone conversation on the issue – the first since last May – where they discussed the dangers of a radioactive bomb.
Russia stated today that the Ukraine has entered the “final stage” of building a “dirty bomb”, a claim which the Moscow since yesterday, Sunday, and which is strongly rejected by Kyiv and its Western allies.
“According to the information we have, two Ukrainian organizations have specific instructions to build the so-called ‘dirty bomb.’ Their work has entered the final stage,” Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the Russian military’s head of military affairs, said in a statement. radioactive substancesbiological and chemical products.
Shortly after Moscow’s accusations, Ukraine invited experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit the facilities where Russia claims it may be building the so-called dirty bomb.
As stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitry Kuleba, he discussed this matter with the head of the IAEA, Raphael Grossi, who accepted the invitation.
“Unlike Russia, Ukraine has been and remains transparent. We have nothing to hide,” Kuleba wrote in a post on Twitter and again called Russia’s claims of building the dirty bomb false.
Afterwards, Reuters – citing RIA Novost – reported that the chiefs of the Russian-US joint staff discussed the dangers of the “dirty bomb” in Ukraine.
“Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov and the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces. Mark Milley, had a telephone conversation today and discussed the possibility that Moscow raised the possibility that Ukraine would use the “dirty bomb” according to the report.
In fact, the conversation took place shortly after there was a similar conversation between Gerasimov and his British counterpart.
The talks today between top US and Russian generals were the first since May, a US official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
The foreign ministers of France, Britain and the United States earlier said they rejected Russia’s “false claims”. Ukraine said the charges against it were an indication that Moscow was planning a similar attack and would blame Kyiv. The official did not immediately provide further details about the conversation between US General Mark Milley and Russian General Valery Gerasimov.
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