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On 23 October, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made several calls to his foreign counterparts to express Russia's concern that Kiev was preparing a provocation related to the detonation of a "dirty bomb" on its own territory so that it could then blame Moscow for the use of weapons of mass destruction.

On October 28, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said the IAEA will be conducting a “very detailed work” in several places across Ukraine, including in the southern part, in search of nuclear materials that can be used to develop a so-called “dirty bomb.”

A "dirty bomb" is a container with radioactive isotopes and an explosive charge. When the charge is detonated, the container is destroyed, and the radioactive substance is sprayed into the air by a shock wave. As a result, radioactive pollution occurs in large areas. If Kiev blows up a "dirty bomb," radioactive isotopes will spread in the atmosphere at a distance of up to 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) and could even reach Poland, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

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