Russia Tells UN Ukraine Plans ‘Dirty Bomb,’ West Dismisses Allegation

Russia Tells UN Ukraine Plans ‘Dirty Bomb,’ West Dismisses Allegation
The U.N. Security Council meets to discuss the Ukraine-Russia conflict at U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 21,2022. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
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NEAR KHERSON FRONTLINE, Ukraine—Russia on Tuesday took its case to the U.N. Security Council that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory, an assertion dismissed by Western and Ukrainian officials as misinformation and a pretext for intensifying the war.

Moscow sent a letter detailing the allegations to the United Nations on Monday, and Russia raised the issue at a closed meeting with the Security Council.