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A victorious country would never use such a weapon, Gunnar Beck has argued
The West could secretly be helping Ukraine to make a so-called 'dirty' nuclear device to potentially use against Russia, Gunnar Beck, a former member of the European Parliament for the Alternative for Germany party, has told RT.
In an interview on Saturday, Beck commented on a report by Russian military journalist Marat Khairullin, who claimed that Kiev was planning "a nuclear false flag - an explosion of a dirty atomic bomb" which would target "storage sites of spent nuclear fuel of a nuclear power plant."
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has categorically denied the claim, calling it "dangerous lies."
Commenting on the dirty bomb allegation, Beck said that if such a device were used, it would "undoubtedly be a further escalation," especially "if it were involved in an attack on Europe's largest nuclear plant," referring to Russia's Zaporozhye NPP.
He also suggested that while Western media and officials insist that Kiev can prevail over Moscow, "countries on the brink of victory don't have to use dirty nuclear bombs," and that such a method would be "unprecedented."
"I'm still skeptical whether it will actually happen," the ex-MEP acknowledged.He noted that the alleged plan to detonate a dirty bomb could be used by Kiev to persuade the West to increase its commitments to Ukraine in terms of additional arms supplies, or even send in ground troops.
If the reports about the weapon are true, "obviously, there is a possibility that Ukraine was aided" by the West in building a dirty bomb, since its creation requires a certain level of technological sophistication, Beck said. At the same time, he stressed that Western involvement is not confirmed at this point.
A dirty bomb is a device that combines a conventional explosive with radioactive materials. While it cannot match the destructive power of a real nuclear warhead, its detonation could result in the radioactive contamination of a large area.Russia has on several occasions accused Ukraine of considering a plan to detonate a dirty nuclear bomb and pin the blame on Moscow to drum up Western support for the country and unleash a powerful smear campaign.
Russian officials have said that Kiev - which controls several fully operational nuclear power plants - has the required fissile material to stage such an attack.
Comment:
1) Gunnar Beck comments on the news that was discussed in this article:
Ukraine preparing 'dirty nuke' attack - media2) In 2022, there was:
In the span of a few hours on Sunday, the senior-most Russian defense authorities — Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu and General Gennady Gerasimov — called their counterparts in the U.S., U.K., France, and Turkey, with the same message — Ukraine is preparing to detonate a so-called "dirty bomb" — high explosive-wrapped radiological material, designed to contaminate large areas with deadly radioactive isotopes.
Russia is not only concerned about the immediate impact of Ukraine detonating such a devise in terms of the harm that would be done to people and the environment, but also about the potential for such an event to be used by Ukraine's western allies to directly intervene militarily in the ongoing conflict, similar to what occurred in Syria when allegations about the use of Sarin nerve agent by the Syrian government against civilians were used by the U.S., U.K., and France to justify an attack on Syrian military and infrastructure targets. (It turned out that the allegations of Sarin use were false; the jury is still out about the use of commercial chlorine as a weapon.)
Russia is to raise the matter at the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
In return, Western governments on Monday accused Russia of plans to deploy a dirty bomb. "We've been very clear with the Russians ... about the severe consequences that would result from nuclear use," said U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price. "There would be consequences for Russia whether it uses a dirty bomb or a nuclear bomb."
The above assessment is probably valid also now. In order for some of the more war eager Western Governments to justify to their populations official military presence in Ukraine and the subsequent losses, they need a justification that they can sell.
3) For two years Ukraine has shelled the nuclear powerplant in Zaporozhye from time to time. On the webpage of the International Atomic Energy Agency led by Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, there are many updates and press releases about Ukraine, see this
search. The following example is from the latest press release:
Update 245 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The nuclear safety situation at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit the road around the plant site perimeter today, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
"Yet again we see an escalation of the nuclear safety and security dangers facing the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. I remain extremely concerned and reiterate my call for maximum restraint from all sides and for strict observance of the five concrete principles established for the protection of the plant," said Director General Grossi.
Earlier today, the IAEA Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhya (ISAMZ) team was informed by ZNPP that an explosive carried by a drone detonated just outside of the plant's protected area. The impact site was close to the essential cooling water sprinkler ponds and about 100 metres from the Dniprovska power line, the only remaining 750 kilovolt (kV) line providing a power supply to ZNPP.
Where that drone came from is an unknown, as always. One can blame the IAEA, but considering that many press releases, it has also not been much of a topic in the media of the Western supporters, there has been hardly any interest, which of course makes the scare effect so much better if Ukraine and allies eventually pulls it off in a substantial way. Recall MH17, and the Nord Stream sabotage, the conclusion is given beforehand, even if they pulled it back a bit on the Nord Stream sabotage after a few days.
Below are a few headlines related to Ukraine, IAEA, and dirty bombs. Together they give a perspective where the current story is coming from and what the potential is:
He can argue until he’s Blue in the Face (he’s a puppet for a far, far, far higher source of GAOTU who decide where & what nukes) & it won’t make any difference if the PTSB decide to Nuke or not to Nuke… that is the question.
Just sayin’ the obvious