The U.S. government has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons in Ukraine, violating international bans, and announced additional sanctions on Russian entities. What Happened: The U.S. State Department released a statement accusing Russia of breaching the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) by using the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian forces,

Nearly 300 entities targeted in US sanctions to ‘further disrupt and degrade Russia’s war efforts’; Russians using banned chemical weapons on battlefield, says state department. What we know on day 79

The United States imposed sanctions on more than a dozen companies in China and Hong Kong for their support of Russia’s war in Ukraine as part of a tranche of nearly 300 new sanctions unveiled Wednesday.