UN inspectors check Ukraine sites after Russian ‘dirty bombs’ claim

Russian tanks damaged in recent fighting are seen near the recently retaken village of Kamianka (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Experts from the United Nations’ nuclear power agency are inspecting two sites where Russia has made unfounded claims that Ukraine is manufacturing “dirty bombs”.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said that inspections have begun at two locations in Ukraine and would soon be completed. The inspections had been requested by Kyiv in the wake of the Russian allegations.