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We reject the transparently false allegation that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb

on its own territory.

World leaders dismiss Russia's latest false flag alarm and the United States warns Putin against any nuclear use.

I asked President Zelensky's chief diplomatic advisor what's behind Russia's latest provocation?

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And Lincoln believed that slavery was wrong, that liberty was right, that democracy was in peril,

and that democracy could not, as he put it, long endure if we refuse to embrace the principles of the Declaration of Independence.

Historian John Meacham with a message from America's past that resonates today. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Montpur in London. Russia tries

once again to take a false flag allegation about Ukraine to the United Nations.

Without a shred of evidence and despite denials by Kyiv and Washington, Moscow claims that Ukraine plans to use a dirty bomb on its own territory.

That's a weapon that combines conventional explosives with radioactive material and could

spread nuclear contamination over a large area.

Ukraine's foreign minister calls a story a pure Russian lie and says no one should be fooled by it.

While the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg tweets that Russia must not use it as a pretext for escalation.

And the US State Department spokesman warns the following.

It would certainly be another example of President Putin's brutality if he were to use a so-called

dirty bomb. There would be consequences for Russia whether it uses a dirty bomb or a nuclear bomb.

We've been very clear about that.

Meanwhile, the grinding military battle continues as Ukraine makes hard-fought gains in the

east and in the south and

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