Ukraine’s Foreign Minister on “dirty bomb”: Russians often accuse others of what they plan themselves

EUROPEAN PRAVDA — SUNDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2022, 19:56 

Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has called statements of the Russian side about Ukraine’s alleged plans to stage a provocation with the use of a so-called "dirty bomb" dangerous and absurd. 

This is reported by European Pravda.

"Russian lies about Ukraine allegedly planning to use a ‘dirty bomb’ are as absurd as they are dangerous," Kuleba posted on Twitter.

"Firstly, Ukraine is a committed NPT [Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons - ed.] member: we neither have any ‘dirty bombs’, nor plan to acquire any. Secondly, Russians often accuse others of what they plan themselves," he added.

As it was reported earlier, the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation called at least three defence ministers of NATO countries (France, Turkey, and Great Britain) on Sunday, telling them about a Ukrainian "dirty bomb". 

Prior to this, Russian state-owned news outlet RIA Novosti, known for spreading disinformation and propaganda, had posted a message about a possibility of "dirty bomb" being used by Ukraine. 

According to the propagandists’ narrative, Ukraine is preparing to "detonate a nuclear bomb" on its territory in order to accuse Russia of using a weapon of mass destructions and turn the whole world against Russia. This information was spread by all the popular Kremlin-aligned media outlets in one hour. 

The Russians have spoken about Ukraine’s alleged intentions to create a "nuclear bomb" before. Thus, in the beginning of March, Konstantin Gavrilov, head of Russia’s delegation in Vienna, claimed that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was allegedly aimed at not letting Kyiv create "a dirty nuclear bomb".

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