Expert calls Russia’s dirty bomb claims targeting Ukraine ‘planned in great detail’

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Expert calls Russia's dirty bomb claims targeting Ukraine 'planned in great detail'

Russia is accusing Ukraine of planning to use a so-called "dirty bomb", an allegation dismissed by Kyiv and its Western allies as a false-flag operation that Moscow could use as a pretext to escalate the Kremlin's war against its neighbor. CNN's Clare Sebastian reports.

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