Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine

The Dutch and German intelligence agencies have said that Russia has intensified its use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers in a serious violation of international law.

On Friday, they said there was extensive evidence that Moscow’s forces were using banned products, including the choking agent chloropicrin.

The head of the Dutch Ministry of Defense, Ruben Brekelmans, has officially confirmed that his country — namely, its intelligence services — has evidence of Russia's large-scale use of banned chemical weapons in the war against Ukraine.
According to Brekelmans, Dutch intelligence services can confirm that the aggressor country is actively increasing the use of chemical weapons.

Russia denies using the prohibited weapons, as does Ukraine. 

On Wednesday, Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry, claimed that the Federal Security Service found a cache of Ukrainian weapons in the east of the country containing chloropicrin.

Source: Agencies