{"id":48894,"date":"2022-10-26T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T10:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=48894"},"modified":"2022-10-26T13:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T10:56:05","slug":"nato-secretary-general-responds-to-russia-on-dirty-bomb-russia-should-not-use-false-pretexts-to-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=48894","title":{"rendered":"NATO Secretary General responds to Russia on &#8220;dirty bomb&#8221;: Russia should not use false pretexts to escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV. UkraineGate . 26 .  October\u00a0. 2022 \\ War NEWS.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia should not use false pretexts to further escalate, referring to claims of a &#8220;dirty bomb&#8221;. The corresponding\u00a0statement\u00a0of October 25 is posted on the NATO website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Secretary General is said to have touched on Moscow&#8217;s recent claims that Ukraine is preparing to use a &#8220;dirty bomb&#8221; on its own territory, stressing that &#8220;NATO allies reject this clearly false claim.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Russia &#8220;should not use false pretexts for further escalation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stoltenberg also condemned Iran&#8217;s military support for Russia&#8217;s military actions, saying that &#8220;no country should help the aggressor in an illegal war,&#8221; and welcomed the sanctions allies and the European Union impose on Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu staged a &#8220;telephone carousel&#8221; with allegations of a &#8220;dirty bomb&#8221; of Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba\u00a0called\u00a0the statements absurd and false. And he invited IAEA experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S., U.K. and France\u00a0have rejected\u00a0Shoigu&#8217;s claims of a &#8220;dirty bomb.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi\u00a0said\u00a0that the organization&#8217;s employees will visit two nuclear facilities with the inspection at the request of Kyiv in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Energoatom\u00a0noted\u00a0that Russia&#8217;s statements about the creation of a &#8220;dirty nuclear bomb&#8221; may indicate the preparation of an act of nuclear terrorism on its part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:\u00a0Ukrgate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KYIV. UkraineGate . 26 . October\u00a0. 2022 \\ War NEWS.\u00a0 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia should not use false pretexts to further escalate, referring to claims of a &#8220;dirty bomb&#8221;. The corresponding\u00a0statement\u00a0of October 25 is posted on the NATO website. 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