The West has long suspected Moscow of being ready to carry out a major 'false flag' operation - launching an attack but blaming the Ukrainians and then using the carnage as a pretext for a further escalation by the Russian side.
"NATO allies reject this allegation," Mr Stoltenberg said in a statement on Twitter."Russia must not use it as a pretext for escalation. We must remain steadfast in our support for Ukraine."
"Our countries made clear that we all reject Russia's transparently false allegations that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb on its own territory," the statement said. On Monday - a day after the talks with defence ministers - Russia's General Gerasimov spoke to General Mark Milley, the top military officer in the US, and had a separate conversation with Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the UK's chief of the defence staff.
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