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 by AFP Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Oct 25, 2022
The United States said Tuesday that Russia has informed it of routine nuclear exercises, reducing the risk of miscalculation amid mounting fears Moscow may go nuclear in the Ukraine war. The State Department said that Russia complied with agreements to inform the United States of tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles. "This is a routine annual exercise by Russia," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. "So while Russia engages in unprovoked aggression and reckless nuclear rhetoric, these notification measures do ensure we're not taken by surprise and reduce the risks of misperception," Price said. The US and Russian defense chiefs have spoken twice in the past week in rare contact amid soaring tensions since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine on February 24. The United States, France and Britain said that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu raised the prospect of Ukraine detonating a "dirty bomb" with nuclear material -- raising Western concerns that Moscow may be preparing a false-flag operation. "We're concerned because Russia has a pattern of accusing others of that which it ultimately itself is planning," Price said, calling Moscow's remarks "irresponsible." But he reiterated that the United States had no indication that Russia was preparing to use nuclear weapons.
'Dirty bomb' warning fits Russia record of deception On Board Uss George H.W. Bush (AFP) Oct 25, 2022 Russia's warning that Ukraine was readying to use a "dirty bomb" fits Moscow's track record of deception, when it "accuses others for what they intend to do themselves," NATO's chief told AFP in an interview on Tuesday. "Russia continues to accuse falsely Ukraine for preparing and making a dirty bomb - that is absurd, because why should Ukraine use a dirty bomb on the territories they want to liberate?" Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to a US aircraft carrier currently in the Mediterranean, US ... read more
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