Russia has been accused of systematically using illegal chemical gas attacks against Ukrainian soldiers.
Ukrainian troops told the Daily Telegraph that they have been subjected to regular attacks from small drones dropping teargas and other chemicals.
The use of such substances, which is known as CS, is banned during wartime under the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Moscow was accused of using chemical weapons in a drone assault on the port of Mariupol in the early stages of its invasion in February 2022.
Slava, a senior lieutenant whose unit is deployed near Lyman, in Donetsk oblast, said some Ukrainian units in his area were coming under “almost daily” gas attacks.
A CS gas grenade was provided to the Telegraph for verification by Rebekah Maciorowski, an American combat medic and a qualified nurse serving in the Ukrainian army.
Maciorowski has been routinely called to provide medical aid to Ukrainian soldiers in the three brigades she works with in Donetsk oblast after chemical weapon attacks, which she described as “systematic”.
The grenade was originally retrieved by soldiers in the 53rd Mechanised Brigade, one of the units with which she works.
Maciorowski said: “My guys retrieved it while under fire because nobody believed they were being attacked with chemical weapons.”
Ihor, the commander of a Ukrainian reconnaissance team deployed near the frontline city of Chasiv Yar, in Donetsk oblast, told the Telegraph: “Nearly every position in our area of the front was getting one or two gas grenades dropped on them a day.”
He said that because of how embedded many Ukrainian troops are now, it was difficult for the Russians to attack with conventional artillery or drones firing missiles, adding: “The only way for them to successfully attack us was with gas.”
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If that's the case, the UN would send a team in to verify. Has the UN been called in to inspect?
If they've published a report of their findings, please provide a link.
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@SelfishCoconutSocialist2yrs2Y
They’re too cowardly to come, they just sit in their hotels in Lviv and don’t got to frontline
@ZestyFreedomUnity2yrs2Y
there has been no evidence whatsoever of Russia using anything other than standard munitions. The only side that has used non-standard are Ukraine who have used depleted Uranium missiles which are effectively small nuclear weapons that poison the land for decades.
@DunbirdChrisVeteran2yrs2Y
And Ukraine were the first to introduce banned cluster munitions along with depleted uranium warheads.
Don’t throw stones in glass houses.
@ReferendumDonnyForward2yrs2Y
Unlikely and unproven, to be very clear. We don't want this invent to be an excuse to use them.This happened in the Iraqi+Iran war chemical weapons were used against Iran. It will go nuclear if chemical weapons are used against Russia
@SpiritedCakeVeteran2yrs2Y
Are not you the one using cluster munitions against civilians on Donetsk and Belgorod...stop the complaint
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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