On Tuesday, Ukraine asked the organization for the ban on chemical weapons (OPCW) based in the Hague to investigate suspicion of the use of banned chemicals by Russian forces in Ukrainian territory. TASR writes about this, according to the Reuters report.
Dutch and German news services in Friday’s announcement stated that They have evidence of more extensive use of illegal weapons Russian units along the front line.
“Ukraine hereby asks the CEO of OPCW to took steps to create an independent and impartial mechanism (on) investigating cases of alleged use of chemical weapons in Ukraine“States in a copy of the application. According to Kiev, the mechanism should have a mandate” gather additional evidence and identify perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of such use “. OPCW has not yet commented on the application.
In 2018, a similar OPCW investigative team set up allegations of the use of chemical weapons in Syria. At that time, he concluded that chemical weapons used not only the Syrian government units, but also the fighters of the Islamic State.
The United States accused Russia of the use of a poisonous chemical chloropicrine, which was first used by Germany during the First World War last year. Last year, OPCW described the initial accusations of both parties in the conflict as “insufficiently substantiated”. Both Moscow and Kiev deny the use of chemical weapons in the war.
According to the Dutch secret service, at least three deaths in Ukraine are related to the use of a chemical weapon. More than 2,500 people injured on the battlefield reported the symptoms of chemical weapons.
