According to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin (70), Ukraine has “actually” lost its sovereignty as a state and left control of the country to the United States. The US has used Ukraine today as a “battering ram” against Russia and the post-Soviet space, Putin said Wednesday at a meeting of representatives of the state security organs of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
CIS members include the former Soviet republics of Belarus and Armenia, the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. He urged the countries’ intelligence services to be vigilant. The US is arming Ukraine with more and more heavy weapons, ignoring that the country is aiming for a nuclear bomb.
Ukraine denies allegations
“It is known that there are plans for a provocation to use a so-called dirty bomb,” said the 70-year-old. The Russian leadership has been saying for days that Ukraine plans to use such a radioactive bomb without providing any evidence.
Ukraine dismisses these accusations as “nonsense” and a disinformation campaign by Putin. The West sees no evidence of that either. Despite this, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu continued to call his colleagues in China and India, for example, to point out such a danger. However, he faces headwinds from India. Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh (71) warned his Russian counterpart by telephone that neither side in the conflict in Ukraine should use an atomic bomb. (SDA/NAB)