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How Dirty and Dangerous Will Putin Get in Ukraine?

How Dirty and Dangerous Will Putin Get in Ukraine?

September 11, 2022(Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – Russian officials are warning of a nuclear ‘dirty bomb’ threat as Moscow continues attacking energy and civilian targets in Ukraine. It’s the latest in a series of moves that indicate Moscow is getting bogged down and desperate as the Russian invasion enters its ninth month.

Russian strikes have reportedly destroyed 40 percent of Ukraine’s power grid.  Both Ukraine and Russia are also accusing each other of planning to destroy the Nova Kakohvka dam in southern Ukraine, which supplies water to Crimea and the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

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