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We have seen this pattern before from syria to ukraine. russia must not use false pretext for further escalation. the big thing for them is to try to shutdown western support for ukraine and one of the ways they are doing this is by scaring us with nuclear rhetoric, with accusations about things that lead us toward the point that ukraine in their eyes is going to be the aggressor about nuclear warfare. the war in ukraine is a bitter and bloody conventional one. moscows unsubstantiated claims of ...

Utterly untrue, though, says ukraines international backers. nato allies rejects this transparently false allegation. russia often accuses others for what they intend to do themselves. we have seen this pattern before, from syria to ukraine. russia must not use false pretext for further escalation. the big thing for them is actually trying to shut down western support for ukraine. and one of the ways theyre doing that is, of course, by scaring us with nuclear rhetoric, with accusations about thi...

Pretext for further escalation. the big thing for them is to try to shutdown western support for ukraine and one of the ways they are doing this is by scaring us with nuclear rhetoric, with accusations about things that lead us toward the point that ukraine in their eyes is going to be the aggressor about nuclear warfare. the war in ukraine is a bitter and bloody conventional one. moscows unsubstantiated claims of dirty bombs and implied threats of nuclear attacks are the latest weapons from a c...

Energy agency is implementing a, quote, severe and unprecedented emergency power cut in kyiv to avoid a complete blackout. i want to bring in matt mcbradley and jamil jaffer. he served as chief council and senior adviser to the senate foreign relations committee. matt, let me start with you. take us through exactly what we heard from president putin over the last hour or so when it comes to his attentions moving forward in ukraine. >> reporter: it was another one of the greatest hits speeches fr...

What are you learning? >> there are real concerns this violent crackdown could intensify over the coming days following an attack on wednesday evening on the shah jirah shrine in the southern city of shiraz. according to the authorities and state media the responsibility for this attack which claimed the lives of at least 15 people and injured 40 more has been claimed by the islamic state. the regime characterizing the three assailants identified as foreign nationals. but this could essentially ...

Because a lot of experts would suggest that now would not be the time for him to deploy a nuclear weapon if hes just mobilized some 200,000 troops and sending them out on the front just to nuke them doesnt really make sense, but on the topic of a dirty bomb, do you view that as potentially a pretext to then setting up this new front in kherson or in the southeast to bring in some of these mobilized troops that have been trained over the past few weeks? >> well, thank you, bianna and victor. i do...

Spokesperson, dmitry peskov commisso western countries have dismissed these allegations as false but the fear here in kyiv as this could be a pretext first false flag attack by the russians, in other words, the russians, in other words, the russians could carry out an attack using a dirty bomb and then try to blame ukrainians for this attack. it is interesting to see that these allegations are coming as the ukrainians are going ahead with this counteroffensive, taking back territory, that�*s b...

On the possibility of creation of dirty bomb in ukraine by ukrainian authorities. so we think its a very serious danger, serious threat. >> so while these claims have been rejected by ukraine and western allies it reflects an increasingly urgent concern that russia may be searching for a pretext releasing a weapon themselves, prompting president biden to issue this stern warning to president putin. >> let me just say, russia will be making an incredibly serious mistake if they were to use a tact...

Ongoing there hasnt been any further steps to our knowledge. >> thank you very much. this morning russian officials continue to push claims that ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb, which is an explosive device layden with radio active material. it reflects a concern that russia may be searching for a pretext to unleash a dirty weapon of its own. this is prompting joe biden to issue this stern warning to his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. take a listen. >> let me just say, russia wo...

Dirty bomb on its own territory and the u.s. and allies saying that is not truce, false, and a pretext for putin on escalate even more in ukraine. ukraine for its part saying russian forces are doing secret work at europes biggest nuclear plant. cal perry is in kyiv for us. lets be clear here. these drills, these nuclear drills, planned in advance and russia notified the others beforehand and given the tinder box in ukraine, this is an incredibly tense time to go through with this. >> reporter: ...