October 25, 2022
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has issued a reliable information about Kiev regime’s planning to commit a provocation by exploding the so-called ‘dirty nuclear bomb’ or low-yield nuclear warhead or by melting down any nuclear reactor at any NPP, possibly at ZNPP.
The ‘dirty N-bomb’ constitutes a container with radioactive isotopes and explosive charge. In case of exploding the charge, the container is to be destroyed, and the radioactive substance is to be pulverised by a blast wave that produces radioactive contamination at large areas, and can cause a radiation morbidity.
Uranium oxide that forms part of spent fuel elements stored at spent nuclear fuel and storage pools of nuclear power plants can be used as the radioactive substance. Moreover, it concerns the radioactive substances derived from the spent nuclear fuel storages of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Aims
The provocation is aimed at accusing Russia of using weapon of mass destruction at the Ukrainian theatre of operations that would launch a powerful anti-Russian campaign in order to undermine the confidence in Moscow.
It is to be recalled that the President Zelensky announced his intention to re-establish Ukraine as a nuclear-armed State at the Munich Security Conference dated 19 February 2022.
It should also be noted that President Zelensky has repeatedly called on NATO countries to launch a strike at the Russian Federation since the beginning of the special military operation. ‘What does NATO have to do? We need pre-emptive strikes, so that they’ll know what will happen to them if they use (nukes). And not the other way around, don’t wait for Russia’s nuclear strikes...’
Recently, in an interview to Canadian TV channels on 22 October, Zelensky urged the world to strike Kremlin if Russia launches attacks at the ‘decision-making centres’ in Bankovaya street in Kiev where the Office of the President of Ukraine is located.
Shelling of ZNPP by AFU
Russian MoD recalled the possibility of a complicated radiation situation that can evolve around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear plant in Europe
From 24 February 2022 until now, the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant has suffered 39 fire attacks launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), including 10 launched by unmanned aerial vehicles and 29 by various artillery systems.
The attacks launched by the AFU at the plant did not cause any anxiety of the world community as, according to various U.S. experts, an impact of large-calibre artillery shells to spent nuclear fuel containers will not cause a considerable risk, and the nuclear reactors are resistible to a civilian airplane crash.
However, the forecast of our experts about the radiation situation’s development furtherly confirmed by relevant European scientific organisations has shown that the release of radioactive substances will affect almost whole Europe.
Moreover, despite the visit of the IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, the AFU have not abandoned their attempts to carry out a subversive operation to capture the plant. On 1, 15, 30 September and 17 October, special units of the AFU attempted to land their forces through the Kakhovka Reservoir and to take the nuclear power plant under control.
According to the available information, two organisations of Ukraine have been directly ordered to create the so-called ‘a dirty N-bomb’.
The works are at their concluding stage.
Moreover, Russian MoD has information about contacts established between the Office of the President of Ukraine and representatives of the United Kingdom regarding the possible transfer of technologies to create nuclear weapons.
With this purpose, Ukraine has got relevant production and scientific capacities.
Ukraine has too much radioactive substances
There are enterprises of nuclear industry in Ukraine that possess stockpiles of radioactive substances that can be used for creating the ‘dirty bomb’. These concern three operating nuclear power plants: the Yuzhnoukrainsk, Khmelnitsky and Rovno nuclear power plants with nine storage pools for spent nuclear fuel that contain up to 1.5 thousand tonnes of uranium enriched with up to 1.5% of oxide.
Over 22,000 fuel assemblies (21,284 and 1,692 respectively) are stored at the inoperable Chernobyl NPP with radioactive waste repositories, as well as products that suppose using Uranium-235 and Plutonium-239 that constitute the backbone of a nuclear charge.
More than 50,000 m³ of radioactive waste that are also apt as the backbone for creating the ‘dirty N-bomb’ can be stored at the recently established enterprise ‘Vektor’ designed for radioactive waste reprocessing at the radioactive waste disposal sites ‘Buryakovka’, ‘Podlesny’, and ‘Rossokha’ at Pridneprovsky chemical plant.
Moreover, the Eastern Mining and Processing Plant extracts uranium ore at two of the three shafts with a capacity of up to 1,000 tonnes per year (the plant includes three shafts for extracting uranium ore, two of them – Ingulskaya and Smolinskaya – are operable, while one of them – Novokonstantinovskaya – is currently under construction).
Ukraine has scientific potential to create “a dirty N bomb”
It is also to be emphasised that Ukraine has at its disposal a scientific base: the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology. Its scientists were involved in the nuclear programme of the USSR where various testing systems are still in operation, including Uragan thermonuclear systems. The second base is the Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine located in Kiev. Its BBP-M reactor is used for research that supposes the employment of high-activity radioactive materials.
The Kiev regime plans to camouflage the explosion of this kind of ordnance under an extraordinary effect of Russian low-power nuclear warhead that contains highly enriched uranium in its charge. The presence of radioactive isotopes in the air will be recorded by the sensors of the International Monitoring System installed in Europe with further accusation of the Russian Federation of using tactical nuclear weapons.
Russia has many times assured the world community that it would not employ nuclear capabilities against Ukraine.
It is to be noted that this kind of information warfare technologies have already been used by the West in Syria when the White Helmets were filming propaganda footage about the employment of chemical weapons by the governmental forces there.
Historic precedent
One of the most resonant and widely distributed episodes is the provocation committed by the abovementioned non-governmental organisation and their patrons on 4 April 2017 in Khan Sheikhoun.
Pay attention to the picture where the people who are taking samples of soil have no individual protection means. But it does not seem to bother anyone! Especially those who took the decision to launch a missile strike at the territory of the sovereign country.
Using this provocation as a pretext, the Americans launched the missile strike at Shayrat airbase without waiting for an investigation to begin and, all the more, a decision of the UN Security Council, grossly violating the international law.
This scenario is highly probable to be used in this case, too.
Detonation of a radiological explosive device will inevitably lead to radiological contamination covering up to several thousands of square metres
To summarise:
Ukraine has got a motive to use the ‘dirty bomb’, as well as scientific, technical and production capacities to create it.
Ukraine expects ‘a dirty nuclear bomb’ provocation to intimidate the population, increase the flow of refugees, and accuse the Russian Federation of nuclear terrorism.
The Ministry of Defence has arranged for countering possible provocations of Ukraine: the means and forces are alerted to operate amid radioactive contamination.
2. Russia attracted attention to this issue of 3 NW powers, the IAEA and the UNO
It is surprising that the three NATO nuclear powers, namely the USA, the UK and France whose defense ministers were informed by the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on October 23 about such dangerous "radioactive" plans of Kiev, rejected such a possibility in a joint statement of their foreign ministries the next day, calling the information conveyed to them as false.
That is, in fact, they covered up a potentially dangerous provocation staged by Zelensky, who had long ago overstepped all reasonable boundaries. Three NATO nuclear powers actually encouraged this war criminal to build such a bomb and initiate radioactive contamination of a large part of Europe.
Moscow also informed the UNO and the IAEA about such issue. It is doubtful that they will offer any assistance and expose a real ill-wisher playing with nuclear fireballs and intimidating the entire planet with a nuclear blackmail.
Moscow appeals to the world anti-nuclear movements and organizations to take an active and effective part in a new-type anti-nuclear campaign aimed at stopping N-warmongers now settled down in Ukraine.
Russia could state its position on the ZNPP and the so-called "dirty nuclear bomb" once again. For example, to announce the following:
· Russia will be able to fully ensure the nuclear protection zone and physical nuclear safety" at ZNPP with the Russian Armed Forces and its own engineering personnel.
· Russia demands that the IAEA and the UN ensure a complete cessation of armed provocations and shelling of the ZNPP, the adjacent territory and Energodar by the Ukrainian armed forces with any type of weapon.
· Ukraine must create a demilitarized zone on its own controlled territory, pushing back the Ukrainian Armed Forces with any weapons away from the Kakhovka reservoir and from the ZNPP to a depth of 400 km.
· Russia warns Ukraine of the dangerous consequences of continued shelling of the ZNPP, adjacent territory, and Energodar.
· Russia will respond with a powerful strike to any attempts by Ukraine to violate the nuclear protection zone and physical nuclear safety at the ZNPP, as well as to continue its policy of nuclear blackmail of the world community.
· Russia will also use the most powerful non-nuclear means against Ukraine if it attempts to use nuclear radioactive substances in any form against its people and the Russian Federation within its new borders.
Russia will not permit Zelensky, the puppet of NATO, to create a new ‘Cuban missile crisis’ in Europe and in the world at large.
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