The United States has accused Russia of violating the global ban on chemical weapons by deploying the asphyxiation agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian forces.
Chlorobicrin causes severe irritation to the eyes, skin and lungs, and was used in large quantities during World War I, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the United States.
“The use of such chemicals is not an isolated incident and may have been driven by the desire of Russian forces to expel Ukrainian forces from fortified positions and make tactical gains on the battlefield,” the State Department said in a statement on Wednesday.
This comes as a Russian ballistic missile hit a postal warehouse in the Ukrainian port of Odessa late on Wednesday, injuring 14 people and sparking a major fire, regional governor Oleh Kiper said.
This is the third missile attack on the city in as many days.
Pictures and video posted online showed flames and rising clouds of smoke engulfing buildings and firefighters directing water hoses to areas still burning. It appears that most of the loading space has been reduced to a shell.
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This is the third missile attack on the city in as many days.
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The United States accuses Russia of using chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces
The United States has accused Russia of violating the global ban on chemical weapons by deploying the asphyxiation agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian forces.
Chlorobicrin causes severe irritation to the eyes, skin and lungs, and was used in large quantities during World War I, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the United States.
“The use of such chemicals is not an isolated incident and may have been driven by the desire of Russian forces to expel Ukrainian forces from fortified positions and make tactical gains on the battlefield,” the State Department said in a statement on Wednesday.
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