DISINFO: Containers with radioactive substances were delivered from Europe to Ukraine for a provocation to accuse Russia
SUMMARY
The Kyiv regime is preparing a provocation for the opening of the 11th emergency special session of the UN General Assembly.
To conduct this provocation, several containers with radioactive substances were delivered to Ukraine from the territory of one of the European states, bypassing customs inspection, which will be used to stage local contamination of an the area [...] controlled by the Kyiv regime.
The purpose of the provocation is to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of allegedly inflicting indiscriminate strikes on radiation-hazardous objects in Ukraine, which led to the leakage of radioactive substances and contamination of the area.
RESPONSE
Conspiracy theory. Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about false flag operations. Such claims are part of a broader pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign accompanying the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, trying to place the blame for the war's atrocities on Ukraine.
This is not the first time the Kremlin’s manipulation and disinformation machine has exploited fears of a nuclear disaster to advance its political and military goals in Ukraine.
Moscow has a history of falsely accusing its opponents of staging "provocations" which either never happened at all or were subsequently carried out by themselves or their allies. Moscow repeatedly falsely claimed that Ukraine, assisted by US or Western forces, prepared a chemical attack or attacks on industry sites storing chemical agents, or is going to use the dirty bomb.
The claim was made against the background of the UNGA vote on Resolution A/ES-aa/L.7 which demanded that ‘the Russian Federation immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.’ The Resolution was voted on 23 February 2023 and adopted by the UNGA with 141 votes in favour, 7 votes against and 32 abstentions.
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