The US has accused Russia of deploying chemical weapons as a "method of warfare" in Ukraine, in violation of international laws banning their use. State department officials said Russia used the ...

US says Russia used choking agents ... part of a tranche of nearly 300 new sanctions against companies and figures in multiple countries for their support of Russia’s war in Ukraine ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and using ...

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Joe Biden has warned Russia against the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine Credit: AFP/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds The US state department confirmed that Russia is using chloropicrin, a prohibited ...

WASHINGTON – Russian forces are deploying an internationally banned choking gas to drive Ukrainian forces from their trenches, the State Department confirmed Thursday. Moscow has been using the ...

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Use of the agent on the battlefield is banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which Russia has signed and ratified. The state department on Wednesday night said that the use of the ...

The United States has accused Russia of deploying chemical weapons as a “method of warfare” in Ukraine, in violation of international laws banning their use. The United States has accused ...

Russia has deployed a chemical choking agent in Ukraine as a “method of warfare,” US officials claimed this week. State department officials said Moscow used the choking agent chloropicrin to ...