“During the period of Russia’s large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine, the enemy uses special ammunition equipped with dangerous chemical substances, which, however, it is incorrect to call chemical weapons, in addition to conventional means of fire damage.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
During the period of Russia’s large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine, the enemy uses special ammunition equipped with dangerous chemical substances, which, however, it is incorrect to call chemical weapons, in addition to conventional means of fire damage.
Source: spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Captain Dmytro Lykhovi, in an interview with “ArmiyaInform”
Direct speech: “The definition of “chemical weapons” in relation to these munitions is incorrect, but the use of munitions containing poisonous substances in war is also expressly prohibited by the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction.”
Details: It is, in particular, about the enemy’s use of hand gas grenades of the K-51 and RG-VO types, which are means of fighting riots and are prohibited for use as a means of waging war.
Mostly Russians use chloracetophenone. Formally, it is not a chemical weapon. This is a combat poisonous substance with an irritating effect. In the Chemical Weapons Convention, chloracetophenone is defined as a chemical means of combating riots, Lykhoviy explained.
This is a chemical that can quickly cause irritation of the senses or physical disorders in the human body, which disappear in a short time after the end of the action. That is, tears, snorts, fogging and the like.
According to the representative of the State Security Service, the enemy, in addition to violating the Convention, is clearly aware of the effectiveness of these applications. Because the very means of combating street riots at the disposal of the police is aimed at making the protesters disperse, ceasing their actions.
In the case of the use of dangerous chemicals at the front, the serviceman remains in position — continues to be in a chemically dangerous environment. These are deliberate actions of the enemy to disrupt and damage our troops through the use of dangerous chemicals, the officer emphasized.