The IAEA found no signs of undeclared nuclear activity in Ukraine following an inspection of three Ukrainian facilities. Experts conducted an audit in connection with Russia's statements about the preparation of a provocation with a "dirty bomb".
"IAEA inspectors have completed verification activities at three locations in Ukraine at the request of the Ukrainian government, finding no sign of undeclared nuclear activities and materials," the agency said on Twitter.
The inspectors were able to carry out all the activities that the IAEA planned to carry out and were given unhindered access to the facilities.
On October 23, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called colleagues from France, Turkey, Britain and the United States and told them about the threat of a "dirty bomb" that Ukraine allegedly plans to detonate. “The purpose of the provocation is to accuse Russia of using weapons of mass destruction in the Ukrainian theater of operations, and thereby launch a powerful anti-Russian campaign in the world aimed at undermining confidence in Moscow,” RIA Novosti reported. The next day, Shoigu's statement was called a lie in the USA, Great Britain and France.
A "dirty bomb" or radiological dispersal device is an explosive device that combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. When the charge is detonated, the radioactive substance is sprayed by a shock wave over a large area.