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14-02-2025
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Over 6,000 cases of Russian use of chemicals recorded over 2 years, Ukraine says
Ukraine has recorded 6,129 cases of the use of munitions containing hazardous chemicals by Russian troops since February 2023, the Foreign Ministry reported on Feb. 14. Russia has been intensifying its use of chemical agents on the battlefield in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the all-out war, Ukraine's radiation, chemical, and biological intelligence units have been monitoring and recording the use of hazardous chemicals in attacks. For a recent report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), experts analyzed the materials provided by Ukraine, including four Russian RG-Vo type gas grenades, as well as soil and grass samples. Two OPCW laboratories confirmed that they contained riot control agent known as CS. Among other hazardous chemicals, chloroacetophenone (CN), as well as chloropicrin and mercaptans (malodorants) were found, according to the statement. By using them, Russia violates Article 1 of the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Foreign Ministry said. "The international community must demonstrate its unity in countering the aggressor, and a practical element of this should be the establishment of an international coalition to hold the Russian Federation accountable for the violation of its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention," the statement read. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, more than 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been hospitalized with chemical poisoning, and three have died, Ukrainian Colonel Artem Vlasiuk said in December 2024. Ukraine struck back at Russia's use of illegal chemical weapons on Dec. 17, when the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) assassinated Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces' radiation, chemical, and biological defense troops. The previous day, Ukrainain prosecutors charged Kirillov in absentia for the use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine. Read also: Editorial: America is folding. Europe, will you step up? We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
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14-02-2025
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Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirms Russia's use of chemical weapons against Ukraine
Two laboratories of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have confirmed that Russian troops are using grenades containing prohibited chemical substances in Ukraine. Source: statement by Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Quote: "The OPCW experts, in line with the appropriate procedures, have analysed the materials provided by Ukraine, including four Russian RG-Vo type gas grenades and corresponding soil and grass samples. As a result, two independent OPCW designated laboratories have confirmed that the evidence provided by Ukraine contains CS substance, which is a part of riot control agents." Details: This was stated in the conclusions regarding the samples handed over by Ukraine, which serve as evidence of Russia's violation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction. The ministry reported that the international community is being constantly informed about Russia's systematic use of dangerous chemical substances against Ukraine, including RG-Vo tear gas grenades. Quote: "In the period from February 2023 to February 2025, there have been documented 6,129 cases of the use by Russian occupation forces of munitions containing hazardous chemicals, including 2-chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS), chloroacetophenone (CN), as well as chloropicrin and mercaptans (malodorants)." Details: The ministry highlighted that these actions by Russia represent a gross violation of Article 1.5 of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction. Background: In May 2024, the US State Department, in justifying the US sanctions against Russia, indicated that Russian troops used the banned chemical substance chloropicrin against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Support UP or become our patron!
