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6 000 times: In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted to the report of international experts on chemical weapons of the Russian Federation (document)

Extensive: experts received soil and grass samples taken on the site of an explosion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the report of the organization on the ban on chemical weapons. All four studies have shown that Russians use combat poisonous substances. International experts conducted a thorough and comprehensive study of samples taken on the battlefield in Ukraine.

The conclusions showed that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation really used a poisonous substance prohibited by the Convention on the use of chemical weapons. At the same time, Ukrainians have documented more than 6,000 such cases. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Ministry) of Ukraine declared Russian crimes in the war. Ukrainian diplomats reported that they got acquainted with the report of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCH), published on February 14.

The report refers to the analysis of the samples taken in Ukraine. Soil and grass were investigated after the explosion of four RG-in in Donetsk region. Expertise proved that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation used ammunition filled with CS chemical. Usually, the CS substance is used during mass riots, indicated in the report. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine emphasized that the use of chemicals on the battlefield is much more than the OPCC wrote.

The department reported that Ukraine has documented 6 129 cases of use of chemical grenades. This number was counted during the year - from February 2023 to February 2024. The following poisonous substances were found in Russian weapons: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine summed up that the OSCH report confirms the systematic crimes of the Russians against Ukrainians. The portal of the organization of chemical weapons can be found with the details of the report.

As it turned out, experts studied three cases of chemical grenades in October 2024, and another in September 2024. The incidents took place in the Dnipropetrovsk region in the villages of Mariivka (Mariivka) on October 2, Illinka on September 20, October 12 and 14. The poisonous substance found in the samples is CS (2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile). In addition, the press service of the organization reported that since 2022 she was monitoring the statements of chemical weapons.

It is noted that such accusations are "on both sides". As a proof of OPHZ, he refers to a 200-page report with complaints of the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, the NV media has published an infographic about the types of poisonous substances that are used in various weapons. On an open -based infographic, we see different types of grenades and bombs.