Overview
- Russia’s foreign intelligence service alleged the UK and France are preparing to provide nuclear weapons, components or technologies to Ukraine, including the prospect of a so‑called dirty bomb.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the information extremely important for the nonproliferation regime and said it will be taken into account in negotiations, which have no next date confirmed.
- Senior Russian lawmakers warned that any such transfer would be treated as part of a proxy war and referenced responses laid out in Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine.
- Russia’s Federation Council urged probes by the UN Security Council and the IAEA, and presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Moscow would relay the claim to the United States.
- Paris and Kyiv rejected the allegation as untrue; concurrently, Russia’s defense ministry reported the capture of Rizdvyanka in Zaporizhia, and officials said diplomatic contacts would continue.