Ukraine disputes SVR on nuclear transfer

Georgiy Tikhii, a representative of Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Reuters that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service's claims about a secret transfer of nuclear weapons from the United Kingdom and France are false. Tikhii emphasized that Russian officials are once again trying to revive the old 'fairy tale' about a 'dirty bomb,' including by encouraging the dissemination of false information. According to the Ukrainian official, any reports about the transfer of nuclear weapons from Western countries are untrue and serve only as a justification for escalating tensions in international relations.

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The SVR's claims about the transfer of nuclear weapons from Western countries have repeatedly been discredited as false, yet Russian official sources have continued recently to republish them in the media.