Russian news agencies, citing an unnamed source close to Russia’s intelligence services, said today that Ukraine was close to acquiring plutonium-based “dirty bombs”.
TASS, RIA and Interfax news agencies reported that a Russian intelligence official had said that Kyiv was developing nuclear weapons at the site of the damaged Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which were sealed in 2000.
The Government of Ukraine assures that it does not intend to become a member of the closed club of countries with nuclear arsenals again. It gave up nuclear weapons in 1994, following the break-up of the former Soviet Union.
Shortly before ordering the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech that Kyiv was using Soviet know-how to build nuclear weapons, adding that it thought it was preparing to attack Russia. The Russian president did not provide any evidence to support this claim.
The aim of the invasion, according to Putin, is to “demilitarize” and “de-Naziize” Ukraine, as well as to prevent its accession to NATO. The West, which vehemently rejects the Kremlin occupant’s reasoning, has reacted by imposing harsh sanctions on Moscow and offering military and other aid to Kyiv.
Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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