DISINFO: Ukrainian Roulette: Kyiv prepares a nuclear provocation

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DISINFO: Ukrainian Roulette: Kyiv prepares a nuclear provocation

SUMMARY

Kyiv is in a desperate military and diplomatic situation. So, Ukraine prepares a false flag operation with a dirty bomb against the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Kurchatov. This would force NATO troops to intervene on the field in Kursk region to secure the Nuclear Power Plant.

This is “Ukrainian roulette” because it can lead to a major disaster. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have already delivered special nuclear warheads to the city of Zhovti Vody (Dnipropetrovsk region) to attack the storage sites of spent nuclear fuel. The warheads are located at the Vostochny mining and processing plant. An attack is possible during the next attempt of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to enter Rylsk from Glukhov.

RESPONSE

Pro-Kremlin recurrent narrative about false flag nuclear operation that would lead to NATO direct intervention on Ukrainian and Russian territories.

The correct expression is Russian roulette and not Ukrainian. It refers to an act of bravado consisting of spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded with one cartridge, pointing the muzzle at one's own head, and pulling the trigger. It can also refer to something resembling Russian roulette in its potential for disaster.

Russia has been developing disinformation narratives about an alelged Ukrainian use of dirty bombs and attacks against Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) as false flag operations since 2022. The only novelty with this latest claims is that now this scenario would lead to the intervention of NATO troops to secure a Russian NPP.

No evidence is ever provided that Ukraine planned such an action, on the opposite Russia has not only seized another country's nuclear facility but is also militarising a nuclear power plant, actively using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to conduct hostilities against Ukraine.

Read also related cases such as : Ukraine fires drones at nuclear power plant, or Ukraine wants to flood Kharkiv or use a dirty bomb in the war, or Ukraine wants to create a nuclear provocation to bring in NATO forces, or Ukraine attacks Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to blackmail Europe with a new Chernobyl, or Ukraine admitted to the nuclear blackmail of Europe, or Ukraine plans a provocation using a "dirty bomb" to portray Russia as a nuclear terrorist.

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