The United States accuses Russia of using chemical weapons in the war against Ukraine. This is stated in the official statement of the US State Department on the introduction of new sanctions against the Russian Federation.

More than 200 individuals and companies are included in the sanctions list by the Ministry of Finance. The State Department imposed sanctions against about 80 more companies and individuals directly, including in connection with Russia’s alleged violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

According to the report, the State Department concluded that Russia used the chemical agent chloropicrin against the Ukrainian military. This substance is included in the black list of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Chloropicrin is not a nerve agent - the most dangerous - toxic substance, but has an irritating and, in high concentrations, a suffocating effect. It was used in particular in the First World War.

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