MADRID, 25 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit two nuclear facilities in Ukraine at the request of the Ukrainian government, which has called in outside observers to deny Russia’s accusations of alleged plans to use a dirty bomb.
A team from the agency will visit the facilities “in the next few days”, with the aim of “detecting any possible undeclared activity and material,” according to a statement.
These are two enclaves that the IAEA already monitors on a regular basis. The director, Rafael Grossi, has stated that the organization visited one of them a month ago and found that there was no indication of alleged irregularities: “No undeclared activities or material were found.”
Grossi spoke on Monday with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dimitro Kuleba, who personally sent him the invitation. kyiv has denied Moscow’s accusations on several occasions, which has also not received any type of endorsement from the main Western powers.
Radiological weapons, better known as dirty bombs, have as their main element common explosives, such as dynamite, but also include pellets or radioactive dust. Its use would fuel fears of a nuclear escalation in Ukraine.
