War in Ukraine – Russian media: Kyiv builds nuclear weapons at Chernobyl facility

“Ukraine was close to acquiring plutonium-based nuclear ‘dirty bombs'” Russian news agencies broadcast on Sunday morning (6/3), citing a source close to the Russian intelligence services, whom they did not name.

TASS, RIA and Interfax news agencies reported that an official of the “competent” Russian service had announced that Kyiv was constructing nuclear weapons at the site of the damaged nuclear power plant in Chernobylsealed in 2000.

The Ukrainian government, for its part, as reported by the Athenian News Agency, assures that it does not intend to become a member of the closed club of countries with nuclear arsenals again as it abandoned nuclear weapons in 1994, after the dissolution of the former Soviet Union.

Putin: Kyiv uses Soviet know-how to build nuclear weapons

Shortly before giving the trigger to start the invasion of the Russian armed forces In Ukraine 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 believed it was preparing to launch an attack on Russia. The Russian president did not provide any evidence to support this claim.

Aim of the invasion, according to Vladimir 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: News Beast

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