'Dirty bomb': Using nuclear weapons in Ukraine would be a big mistake, US president warns Russia

 'Dirty bomb': Using nuclear weapons in Ukraine would be a big mistake, US president warns Russia

US President Joe Biden has warned Russia that using nuclear weapons in Ukraine would be a huge mistake

Joe Biden made the statement while answering questions from reporters on Tuesday when asked about Russia's recent claims of using a 'dirty bomb' as part of an alleged plan by the Ukrainian government Asked if Russia was preparing for a false flag attack, Joe Biden said, "We don't know definitively, but I would say that it's very likely to do so." It will be a big mistake.'Recall that Russia's defense minister claimed that Ukraine could use "dirty bombs" during the war, which include conventional explosives as well as radioactive materials.

Russia has not provided any evidence for the claim, while France, Britain and the United States, along with Ukraine, have denied the allegations.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shogun told UK  Defense Secretary Ben Wallace that he feared Ukraine could potentially use a 'dirty bomb'.

He also made the claim while talking to the defense ministers of the US, France and Turkey, after which France, Britain and the US said in a joint statement that their governments reject Russia's false accusations that Ukraine is its own territory. But is preparing to use a dirty bomb.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Kerensky rejected the accusations, saying that "Russi a is the source of every possible evil in this war."


What is a 'dirty bomb'?

It is a bomb that contains radioactive material, such as uranium, that is released into the air by detonating a conventional explosive.

It is not necessary that the radioactive material in this bomb is the same as a nuclear bomb. This bomb can also use radioactive material used in hospitals, nuclear power plants and research laboratories.
They are much cheaper to produce and can be made in less time than nuclear weapons. They can be loaded onto a vehicle and transported.

Dispersion of radioactive materials in the air can cause diseases like cancer. Therefore, in the area where such a bomb is used, fear and panic spreads among the population.

People are evacuated from the site where the bomb explodes to reduce the effects of radiation. Often such an area is completely evacuated.According to the Federation of American Scientists, if a bomb containing 9 grams of cobalt and 5 kilograms of TNT was used on Manhattan, the entire city would be unlivable for decades. For this reason, dirty bombs are widely known as weapons of mass disruption, but they are not very reliable.

It needs to be in powder form to spread the radioactive material in a certain area, but if the particles are too small or there is a strong wind, they don't have much effect.

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Russia, Ukraine War: Can President Putin Use Nuclear Weapons?
President Putin, while sending forces into Ukraine, did not even declare it a war and only called it a 'special military operation'.

However, due to the resistance of the Ukrainian army and people and the moral, financial and military support of Ukraine from Western countries, including the United States, the war is still going on in Ukraine after seven months and the Russian army is facing strong resistance.

Russia annexed the four regions of Ukraine that bordered it.

Russia claims that a referendum was held in these areas and the majority of the people voted to join Russia.


Western countries have rejected this claim and termed the referendum as 'shameful and forced'.

The most dangerous aspect of this war that has emerged for the rest of the world is that President Putin has repeatedly warned, sometimes bluntly, sometimes implicitly, that if his security is threatened or someone interferes in his affairs. If they intervene, they will use nuclear weapons.

These statements by President Putin have alarmed policymakers in many Western capitals, including Washington and London.
Recent meetings of top officials and intelligence agencies in these countries have considered how seriously to take Putin's threats and how to respond if he follows through on his threat and uses nuclear weapons. ?

An official from the US Department of Defense, the Pentagon, told BBC Urdu on condition of anonymity that he did not think Putin would make the mistake of using large nuclear weapons, but he did not rule it out. Could Putin use small nuclear weapons, called 'tactical weapons'?

He also said that the United States and its allies will do everything possible not to become a part of nuclear conflict and not to be the cause of starting the third world war. However, if there is a direct attack on the United States or NATO countries, it cannot be guaranteed that a major war will not start.

According to NATO estimates, 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers, including more than 10 generals, have been killed in this war that has been going on for seven months. While according to Russia, this number is less than five thousand.

According to Western media, more than 1300 Russian tanks have been destroyed.
Russia is also bearing a huge economic cost of this war, which is not easy to continue for many more months.

Perhaps because of this situation, President Putin keeps drawing the world's attention to his nuclear weapons.

However, nuclear weapons have only been used once in the past and that was by the United States. In World War II, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9.

Buildings, trees, plants, people and animals were burnt to ashes in several kilometers around the places where these bombs were dropped.