Ukraine rebels ‘building dirty bomb’ with Russian scientists

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4514313.ece

Maxim Tucker Donetsk

Published at 12:02AM, August 1 2015

Rebels in Ukraine are working to develop a radioactive dirty bomb with the help of Russian nuclear scientists, according to a Ukrainian security service dossier obtained by The Times.

The report draws on hacked emails between rebels and intercepted radio communications, as well as a field agent’s findings. It claims that Russian specialists have withdrawn radioactive industrial waste from a secure bunker at the Donetsk state chemical plant and moved it to a rebel military base, where it can be combined with explosives to create a devastatingly effective weapon.

Three of the messages are said to be between Alexander Zakharchenko,