“We believe that this is a very serious danger, a serious threat,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Polyansky stressed that Ukraine has both the ability and the reasons to use the bomb.

He also said that a "big fuss" began in the Ukrainian ruling circles because Russia received information about an impending "dirty bomb" provocation.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Russia has information about the preparation of a provocation by Kyiv, there are serious reasons to believe that this is not an empty suspicion.