On the 23 rd, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that the situation in Ukraine was rapidly deteriorating in a series of phone calls with the defense ministers of the United States, Great Britain, France and Turkey (renamed “Turguiye”).
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Shoigu spoke on the same day with Lloyd Austin of the United States, Ben Wallace of the United Kingdom, Sebastien Le Cornu of France and Hulusi Akar of Turkey.
“I am concerned that Ukraine is preparing to use ‘dirty balm’ in disputed areas.”
A “dirty bomb” is a type of radioactive weapon filled with radioactive material in a conventional bomb and is considered a low-powered nuclear weapon.
Amid growing international concerns about the possibility of Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, Russia has insisted on Ukraine’s preparations for a nuclear attack.
However, the Russian Defense Ministry did not provide any basis for Shoigu’s remarks that Ukraine would use “Dirty Night”.
On the 21st, two days ago, Secretary Shoigu spoke on the phone with US Defense Secretary Austin, but the Russian authorities did not disclose specific details.
■ Operation ‘Fake Flag’
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleva, speaking on the phone with US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln on the 23rd, tweeted: “We agree that Russia’s ‘Dirty Night’ disinformation war is the context of Operation ‘Fake Flag’. “, he has declared.
“We discussed strengthening Ukraine’s air defense system,” he added.
Operation false flags is a term used to refer to a military technique that manipulates an opponent to attack by pretending to have acted first.
Minister Shoigu’s remarks on this day (23) are the story that under the pretext of “fear of a preemptive nuclear strike”, it could be a signal that the Russian army will soon use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov urged the Russian authorities to consider the use of low-powered nuclear weapons in order to reverse the current situation in which the Russian army has been pushed back from the Ukrainian army recapture operation on the eastern and southern front of Ukraine.
■ US Secretary of State “Clarifies ‘Harsh Consequences’ for Putin”
In this regard, US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln reiterated in an interview with ABC on the 20th that the United States “is observing the threat of Russian nuclear war very, very carefully”.
“I made it clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin directly, privately and clearly that the use of nuclear weapons of any kind will have serious consequences,” Blincoln said.
However, he said, “we have not yet found any reason to change our nuclear position.”
■ Zelensky “There is only one source for the use of nuclear weapons”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky immediately refuted Russian Defense Minister Shoigu’s claims that Ukraine used dirty chestnuts.
“If Russia says Ukraine is preparing something (using nuclear weapons), it means one thing,” Zelensky said in a video speech that night (23).
“If anyone can use nuclear weapons in Europe, there can only be one source,” he said.
He added that the source was “the person who ordered Shoigu (Russian defense minister) to make phone calls here and there (defense ministers of major countries)” (Russian President Vladimir Putin).
■ “I do not want to intensify the conflict in any way”
In a statement following a phone call from the Russian-British defense ministers on the 23rd, the British Defense Ministry announced that “Secretary Wallace refutes Shoigu’s claim that the West is aiding Ukraine’s plans to escalate the conflict. “.
“Secretary Wallace has refuted these allegations and warned that they should not be used as an excuse to escalate the conflict,” the Defense Department said.
On the 23rd, the French Defense Minister Le Cornu declared that “France has communicated to Russia that it wants a peaceful solution to the Ukrainian question”.
“We do not want to aggravate the conflict in any form,” he said on the nuclear issue.
Le Cornu added that he plans to hold talks with Ukrainian Defense Minister Olegsi Rezhnikow soon.
This is Jongsu Oh from VOA News.
