““Samples for research were taken after the incident that occurred on September 20, 2024 near the village of Illinka in the Dnipropetrovsk region””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
It is known that “the samples for research were taken after the incident that occurred on September 20, 2024, near the village of Illinka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.”
“Analyses by organization-designated laboratories, conducted separately and independently of each other, confirm that the grenade and soil samples taken from the trench contain a substance … known as CS,” the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said.
At the same time, the organization emphasized that the report “did not aim to determine the source or origin of the toxic chemical.”
This is the first case when the organization confirmed the use of gas intended for mass destruction in regions where hostilities are taking place in Ukraine.
According to the command, the Russian army uses munitions such as K-51 and RG-VO, which are equipped with dangerous chemicals that are used to fight riots and are prohibited as means of warfare. Also, the military records a significant share of ammunition with dangerous chemical compounds of an unknown type.
“For October 2024, the units of radiation, chemical, biological intelligence of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded 323 such cases,” the headquarters reports.
The Ukrainian military previously announced the use of chemicals by Russian troops on the battlefield. There were no reports of casualties as a result of their use, nor whether such use brought any success to the Russian forces.
Russian authorities reject accusations of using chlorpicrin and other chemicals against Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Ukraine is preparing a provocation to accuse Russia of using chemical weapons at the front.