Fears about the use of atomic weapons by Russian President Vladimir Putin continue to grow.
Anatoly Antonov, Russia's ambassador to the United States, warned of a"radiation disaster" on Wednesday as the Kremlin continues to ramp up nuclear war talk.
"Today we face the threat of a radiation disaster," Antonov said in an article posted by the Russian embassy on the Telegram messaging app. Russia Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov speaks during a World Affairs event at the Fairmont Hotel on November 29, 2017 in San Francisco, California. Antonov warned of a “radiation disaster” on Wednesday as the Kremlin continues to ramp up nuclear war talk.He doubled down on Russia's claims that Ukraine intends to use a"dirty bomb," although both Ukrainian and U.S. officials have rejected claims Kyiv was plotting to explode such a device.
"Detonation of such radiological explosive device will have the magnitude comparable to an explosion of a low-yield nuclear weapon," Antonov said. "The blast wave will disperse radioactive substances over the area of up to several thousand square meters. Contaminated territories will turn into an exclusion zone for 30-50 years."
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