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US, Russian Secretaries Discuss ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claims

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart for the second time in three days on Sunday as Moscow claims that Ukraine is planning to use a “dirty” bomb.

“Secretary Austin rejected any pretext for Russian escalation and reaffirmed the value of continued communication amid Russia’s unlawful and unjustified war against Ukraine,” a Pentagon readout of Sunday’s call said.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also spoke to defense officials from Britain, France and Turkey over the weekend to voice concerns about “possible Ukrainian provocations involving a ‘dirty bomb,’” which is an explosive that is designed to spread radioactive material over a large area.

The U.S., France, and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on Sunday evening saying that they “remain committed to continue supporting Ukraine’s efforts to defend its territory for as long as it takes.”

“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 countries said in a joint statement. “The world would see through any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation. We further reject any pretext for escalation by Russia.”

U.K. Defense Minister Ben Wallace “refuted” claims that Ukraine was planning actions to escalate the war with the help of Western countries, British officials said.

A readout from the French Ministry of Defense said that the situation in Ukraine “is rapidly deteriorating” and “trending towards further uncontrolled escalation.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the “world should react in the toughest possible way” to any escalations by the Russian side.

“When today the Russian minister of defense organizes a phone carousel and calls foreign ministers with stories about the so-called ‘dirty’ nuclear bomb, everyone understands everything well,” Zelenskyy said in a video address.

“If Russia calls and says that Ukraine is allegedly preparing something, it means one thing: Russia has already prepared all this.”

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called the “dirty bomb” claim “as absurd as they are dangerous,” writing that “Russians often accuse others of what they plan themselves.”

Ukrainian forces have focused their counteroffensive in the southern Kherson region in recent weeks after making major advancements in northern Kharkiv last month. Russia-appointed officials were evacuating parts of Kherson on Saturday ahead of what is believed to be bitter fighting this week.

READ 6 COMMENTS
  • 1947 says:

    Austin should make it perfectly clear that the US will not tolerate Ukraine from even having a dirty bomb much less use it. Further that any dirty bomb will be considered a direct nucellar attack by Russia on the Ukraine and appropriate counter actions will be taken against all Russian Forces deemed to have launched such and attack. End of discussion.

  • John R Lallemand... says:

    OUR IDIOT AUSTIN TALKS WITH THE RUSSKIE SMART MAN ABOUT THE TRUTH……

  • Dogbert says:

    This is just Ukraine and Russia milking the US for money and splitting it on the backend. They’re doing to us what Reagan did way back then. Make them spend money and they’ll go under.

  • James says:

    HEARING THAT U.S.SPACE FORCE HAS AN DIRECT ENERGY WEAPON THAT DEFUSES NUKES ON SITE !!!

  • RM says:

    This rotten Marxist group of people in the White House are just itching to get into a war what we have is a bunch of warmongers idiots, these Progressives want to start WW111 it’s always the Socialists that start wars for America. We have got to take back The House of Representatives and put an end to these madmen and women socialists in fact if we are to survive in this country the Progressive Democratic Socialist Party has to be disbanded forever these are evil people. Prison is too good for these basterds the gallows would be fitting for them.

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