The Russian Defense Ministry says Washington wants to use weapons of mass destruction to frame Moscow Russia has accused the US of plannin
The Russian Defense Ministry says Washington wants to use weapons of mass destruction to frame Moscow Russia has accused the US of planning to use weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Ukraine in order to frame Moscow. The US is preparing «a provocation aimed at accusing the Russian armed forces of using chemical, biological, or tactical nuclear weapons,» Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Force, said on Saturday. According to Kirillov, the supposed plans include «three scenarios.» The most probable scenario, he said, is a false-flag attack on civilians, or «an act of sabotage on Ukrainians sites, which were involved in the development of the components of weapons of mass destruction.» Kirillov claimed that the potential targets are the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Station, which has been controlled by Russia since early March, and the site of a former chemical plant in Kamenskoye in eastern Ukraine. RBC Ukraina media outlet reported last year that the plant in Kamenskoye was used for uranium enrichment in Soviet times and still contains nuclear waste. Kirillov said the Russian Defense Ministry obtained a document which shows that the facilities there are in critical condition. The second option mentioned by Kirillov involves «discreetly» using WMDs «in small quantities.
