The United States on May 1 accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and using riot control agents "as a method of warfare" in Ukraine. "The use of such chemicals is not an isolated incident and is probably driven by Russian forces' desire to dislodge Ukrainian forces from fortified positions and achieve tactical gains on the battlefield," the State Department said in a statement. Chloropicrin is banned by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which was created to monitor compliance with the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention.
Russia Breached Global Chemical Weapons Ban In Ukraine War, U.S. Says
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