US says Russia used choking agents ... part of a tranche of nearly 300 new sanctions against companies and figures in multiple countries for their support of Russia’s war in Ukraine ...
The use of these gases in warfare is banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention, an arms control treaty ratified by more ...
Joe Biden has warned Russia against the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine Credit: AFP/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds The US state department confirmed that Russia is using chloropicrin, a prohibited ...
Image: Ukrainian troops have to flee under enemy fire or risk suffocating if grenades are launched against them. Pic: Reuters Russia has denied allegations of breaching the international chemical ...
WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops ...
Ukraine says it has exposed network of agents run by Russia; many European diplomats avoid lavish Moscow ceremony ...
The United States has imposed new sanctions on hundreds of individuals and firms linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine, accusing Moscow of illegally using chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces.
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other at the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague of using banned toxins on the battlefield, the organisation said on Tuesday.
The United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons "as a method of warfare" against Ukraine and imposed sweeping new sanctions on Russian firms and government bodies.
US says Russia used choking agents against ... in March 2022, a month after the invasion began, President Joe Biden said that NATO would respond if Russia used chemical weapons in ...