War against Ukraine: use of dirty bomb planned? Kyiv and western nuclear powers reject Russian claim

Is Russia's war in Ukraine threatening to escalate further? In a telephone conversation with Western counterparts, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed that Ukraine wanted to drop a nuclear-contaminated conventional bomb in order to blame Russia.

War against Ukraine: use of dirty bomb planned? Kyiv and western nuclear powers reject Russian claim

Is Russia's war in Ukraine threatening to escalate further? In a telephone conversation with Western counterparts, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed that Ukraine wanted to drop a nuclear-contaminated conventional bomb in order to blame Russia. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it was not credible. The allegation raises suspicions that Moscow itself is up to something dirty, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Meanwhile, in the occupied southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, faced with the advance of Kiev troops, Russia has sent more than 20,000 civilians from the city of the same name across the Dnipro River. A withdrawal of Russian troops from the region may be imminent.

The reports from the 243rd day of the war in the stern live blog:

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