Russia Accuses Ukrainian Troops Of Being Trained To Use Chemical Ammunition

Ukrainian Military In Kursk Russia/PHOTO Via Instagram @ukraine_defence

JAKARTA - Russia's military chemical defense agency said Ukrainian forces were receiving training to fire chemical ammunition using Western weapons systems.

"Operative information shows that Ukrainian military personnel are being trained to use chemical ammunition with a Western-made artillery system. Please pay attention to the documentation seized found in the position of Ukraine left behind is a methodological guide to use artillery ammunition filled with chemicals," said Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov..

Kirillov, who is the head of the Russian armed forces Radiology, Chemical and Biology Defense Forces, said Russia had sent evidence of Ukraine's violation of the Convention on the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to the technical secretariat of the OPCW, but had not yet received a response.

Russia has evidence Ukraine has imported about 500 tonnes of Triethanolamine, which can be used to manufacture chemical weapons such as nitrogen mustard, a powerful irritation material.

Russian troops also found substances containing toxic nitric talibum in Ukraine's arsenal, Kirillov said.