Use chloropicrin: in the United States told why the Russian Federation attacks Ukrainian soldiers with chemical weapons

The State Department stated that the use of chemical weapons is not a single case. In this way, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation seek to displace the Armed Forces from fortified positions. The US confirms that Russia has repeatedly used against Ukrainian military chemical weapons. This is stated in a message published on the State Department website. It is noted that Russia applied chlorpikrin against the Ukrainian troops.

"The use of such chemicals is not a single case and is probably conditioned by the desire of Russian troops to displace Ukrainian forces from fortified positions and to achieve tactical advantages on the battlefield," the State Department said. In addition, they reported that the Russian Federation uses chemical weapons to suppress riots. All this violates the Convention on the ban on chemical weapons.

The State Department stated that ignoring Russia's obligations follows from the same scheme as the operations of special services of the Russian Federation on the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Sergiy and Yulia Skripal Nervous substance "November".

The report states that the states have imposed sanctions on the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the Russian Research Institute of Applied Acoustics and the 48th Central Research Institute of the Russian Defense Development Developing Chemical Weapons. In addition, four Russian companies have been reported to sanctions that support the organizations listed above. It is a liquid with a sharp irritant odor.

In high concentrations, chloropicrin is poisonous. The vapors of the substance have a strong lacrimal, and at high concentrations - suffocating and general -poisonous effects. The Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons prohibited the use of chlorpikrin for military purposes. Earlier, the media reported that the Russian Federation has increasingly used chemical weapons.