Russian security prevents Ukrainian smuggling of nuclear substance | News
Five Ukrainian intelligence agents who tried to plant radioactive substances in the area of the special military operation to blame Russia were detained, the Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on Friday.
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"Acting in the interest of the foreign client, the group took measures to acquire, outside legal prohibitions and restrictions, one kilogram of the isotope cesium-137, for 3.5 million dollars, to export it as a contraband and use it to the detriment of Russia's interests in the course of the special military operation," the agency said in a press release.
An operation carried out by the FSB, with the support of the Ministry of the Interior, allowed the suspects to be caught red-handed, while they were trying to buy the material.
According to the statement, these are "members of an organized criminal group acting in coordination with a Ukrainian national."
Experts say that cesium-137 can be used to make a dirty bomb and also constitutes one of the main residues present in radioactive waste from nuclear reactors.
Its half-life is about 30 years and it can contaminate land and reach the food chain.
In this sense, the FSB indicated the initiation of a criminal investigation for alleged crimes of illegal handling of radioactive substances and attempted smuggling against the detainees.
Dirty bombs combine conventional explosives and radioactive substances. Although they cannot generate a nuclear explosion, they do cause the dispersion of radioactive substances in the affected area.
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