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Russia-Ukraine latest updates: ‘Dirty bomb’ claim false – West

Ukraine news from October 24: West accuses Russia of plotting to use threat of dirty bomb as pretext for escalation.

Ukrainian soldiers fire a howitzer at Russian positions in Donetsk, Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions from a US-supplied M777 howitzer in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region [LIBKOS/AP Photo]
By Edna Mohamed and Hamza Mohamed
Published On 24 Oct 202224 Oct 2022
  • Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, told his United Kingdom, French and Turkish counterparts of Moscow’s concerns that Ukraine could detonate a “dirty bomb“. Washington, London and Paris have rejected the accusation.
  • Ukraine calls for a global ban on RT, accusing the Russian TV channel of “aggressive genocide incitement”.


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