Kremlin's statements about Ukraine's intention to use 'dirty bomb' are intimidation, coercion for negotiations

This is reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense. 

“The Kremlin's statements about Ukraine's intention to allegedly use a 'dirty bomb' are not only a psychological, but also a geopolitical operation, aimed at the outside world with the aim of forcing Ukrainians to accept the fact of occupation and conduct negotiations with the aggressor,” Andrii Yusov said. 

The intelligence agency said that the world does not believe the Kremlin's statements about Ukraine's intention to use a 'dirty bomb'. 

“The whole world did not believe this outright fake, it is an absolutely failed informational and psychological operation. On October 24, a closed meeting with representatives of diplomatic and other missions took place in Moscow, where the special services tried to scare international representatives with a terrible threat from Ukraine - a 'dirty bomb'. Of course, no one believed. Because it's all was made up, and there is no evidence. In addition, the whole world sees in reality who is the aggressor, who attacked, and who engages in terror against the civilian population,” Yusov emphasized.

• On October 23, Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu addressed the NATO countries and accused Ukraine of preparing provocations with a 'dirty bomb'. 

• On October 24, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba announced that IAEA experts will come to Ukraine to inspect peaceful facilities where the 'dirty bomb' is allegedly being developed.

• On October 24, Mykola Malomuzh, the Ukrainian army general, the head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service from 2005 to 2010, said that Russia's strategic message was to accuse Ukraine of subversive terrorist acts that Russians might carry out in temporarily occupied or other territories of Ukraine.

• NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, commenting on Russia's accusations against Ukraine of creating a 'dirty bomb', warned Moscow against using false statements as a pretext for escalating the war.

• Subsequently, Russia convened a meeting of the UN Security Council on this issue. It was held on Tuesday, October 25. After that, the Russians said that they were "quite satisfied because they raised the level of awareness." And the Deputy Ambassador of Great Britain to the UN, James Kariuki, noted that the Russian Federation did not provide any evidence regarding the possible use of a 'dirty bomb' by Ukraine.

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during a conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, rejected Russia's claims about the possibility of Ukraine using a 'dirty bomb'.