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UN Nuclear Watchdog To Probe Russia's 'Dirty Bomb' Allegations Against Ukraine

The agency said it had inspected "one of the two locations a month ago and no undeclared nuclear activities or materials were found there."

New Delhi: The United Nation's nuclear watchdog said on Thursday that it will carry out an "independent verification" of Russian allegations concerning the production of so-called dirty bombs at two sites in Ukraine this week, as reported by the news agency AFP.

Russia has accused Ukraine of preparing to use such a weapon against Moscow's troops, but Kyiv suspects Russia might itself use a dirty bomb in a "false flag" attack, possibly to justify the use of conventional nuclear weapons by Moscow as it finds itself on the back foot in eastern and southern Ukraine.

"IAEA inspectors will conduct independent verification at these locations," AFP quoted International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head, Rafael Grossi, as saying. He said they would work "to detect any diversion of nuclear material under safeguards, any undeclared production or processing of nuclear material at the two locations and assure that there are no undeclared nuclear material and activities," as reported by AFP.

The agency said it had inspected "one of the two locations a month ago and no undeclared nuclear activities or materials were found there." A dirty bomb is a conventional bomb laced with radioactive, biological or chemical materials which are spread in an explosion. Earlier on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the IAEA to inspect Ukraine's nuclear sites "as fast as possible".

(With AFP Inputs)

 

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