Russian claims of Ukrainian ‘dirty bomb’ are false, Western Allies says

Ukraine’s Western allies have characterized as false Moscow’s unsupported allegation that Kyiv is planning to detonate a “dirty bomb” on its own soil and blame Russia for it, and the allies say it is an attempt to create a pretext to escalate the war.

A dirty bomb combines conventional explosives with radioactive material to spread panic, although no successful attack with it has ever been recorded.

Ukraine also has rejected the accusation, called for more sanctions against Russia and made unbacked claims against Moscow.

Russia’s allegation has prompted a diplomatic firestorm that could spill over into a meeting of the U.N. Security Council.

[Source: The Washington Post]