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Fact Check: Russia's claim that photo shows 'dirty bomb' in Ukraine

Por: Newsweek World October 27, 2022

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Russia has continued to make unfounded accusations and stoke fears this week that Ukraine is planning to use a dirty bomb, a device that combines conventional explosives and radioactive materials that are then dispersed to cause harm to the public.The allegations, shared by Russian officials in phone calls with Western counterparts, have been dismissed as false by the U.S. and sit on the heels of Russia's own veiled nuclear threats.However,... + full article



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