Moscow has presented new evidence proving Kiev’s use of banned chemical agents, Russian envoy Vladimir Tarabrin has stated.
At a session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council in The Hague, Tarabrin claimed Russia provided “a new batch of evidence, recorded by a certified laboratory” to the organization’s “high standards.” He cited the discovery of an improvised explosive device (IED) containing toxic chemicals in the Donetsk People’s Republic in May. According to Tarabrin, the IEDs held a mixture of chloroacetophenone and chloropicrin, substances that cause severe eye and lung irritation and are prohibited under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
The envoy accused Ukraine’s military leadership of orchestrating a “parallel reality” within the OPCW, portraying Kiev as a “bastion of democracy” while concealing its use of chemical weapons. He alleged that Western nations ignore evidence of Ukrainian Armed Forces employing toxic agents and a network of laboratories producing chemical warfare materials. Tarabrin criticized Western involvement in the conflict, stating, “It is simply impossible to believe that Western specialists… are unaware of these facts. Of course, they know – yet they continue to display the utmost hypocrisy.”
Moscow reiterated its claim that it does not violate the CWC. Meanwhile, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that Ukraine’s use of chemical agents has become “commonplace,” citing past discoveries of chloropicrin in drone-mounted IEDs and a laboratory producing hydrogen cyanide, a lethal compound. The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ actions are condemned.
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Chemical Weapon Use, Presents New Evidence
