The Russian army began to use chemical weapons more often at the front. 15 such cases were recorded during the day.
The Russians attack the Armed Forces with grenades with poisonous substances
The vast majority of such cases are in the Zaporozhye region.
This was reported by the spokesman of the Defense Forces of the Tavria Region, Dmytro Lykhova, on the air of the telethon.
The Russians are increasingly using ammunition with a poisonous substance. In total, over the past week, they have dropped grenades with a poisonous substance with a suffocating-tear-type effect from drones almost 50 times Chlorpicrin .
Dmytro Lykhova
Spokesman of OSU "Tavria"
According to him, only yesterday, the enemy dropped ammunition with a poisonous substance on the positions of the defenders 15 times. Almost all cases were recorded in the Zaporozhye direction.
When the enemy cannot take our trenches with a classic artillery strike or FPV drones, they use such tear gas.
The Russian army uses chemical weapons more and more often
The Russian military has intensified the use of weapons with poisonous chemical elements against the armed forces.
This was stated by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Netherlands Oleksandr Karasevich in a speech at the 105th session of the Executive Council of the OPCW.
The Russian Federation consistently and constantly violates the rules of warfare and continues to use toxic chemicals prohibited by the Chemical Weapons Convention against the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The ambassador also noted that the Russian army is rapidly increasing the volume and expanding the geography of the use of toxic chemicals, which is also a violation of the convention.
In 2024 alone, we recorded 346 cases of the use of toxic chemicals — this is equivalent to 6 Russian violations of the convention per day. The use of chemical weapons is considered by the enemy as a means of achieving tactical advantage and demoralizing the Armed Forces. The purpose of the application is to poison servicemen of the Armed Forces and push them out of fortified positions.
According to him, as of March 1, 1,060 cases of the use of chemical substances by Russia are being investigated. So far, 72 facts of such use have been confirmed.
