No evidence seen for Moscow’s ‘dirty bomb’ claim, says UN agency

The agency said its experts carried out inspections in three locations in Ukraine and were given unfettered access to the sites.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (Leo Correa/AP)

The UN’s nuclear agency says its inspections in Ukraine found no evidence of radioactive “dirty bomb” activity alleged by Russia.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Thursday that the inspections requested by the Ukrainian government “did not find any indications of undeclared nuclear activities and materials”.