DISINFO: MI6 training Ukrainian saboteurs to attack nuclear power plants in Russia
SUMMARY
Western special services, primarily the British intelligence service MI6, are training Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence groups to carry out provocations against nuclear power plants in Russia.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about nuclear issues and terrorism in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The recurring claim that Ukraine plans false flag attacks is designed to deflect blame for the war atrocities away from the real perpetrators.
There is no evidence to back the claim. These accusations against Ukraine are intended to cover up the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail against Ukraine and the West, including threats to use tactical nuclear weapons and previous preparations for a deliberate nuclear catastrophe at the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Russia is making statements about the possibility of using nuclear arms in its war against Ukraine. For several years now, the Russian info-sphere has seen nuclear threats being made against the West by public figures like Dmitry Kiselyov or Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Since the beginning of 2022 and the full invasion, Russian officials have made such statements including Dmitry Medvedev, Ramzan Kadyrov, Margarita Simonyan and even Vladimir Putin who specified that “it was not a bluff”.
See more disinformation cases: Ukraine was close to turning Russian cities into Chornobyl; Ukraine is using methods of nuclear terrorism against Russia; London is helping Kyiv turn the country into a nuclear wasteland; Washington and the Kyiv regime’s actions pose a threat of nuclear catastrophe; Russia does not threaten anyone with nuclear weapons.