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European Intelligence Confirms Intensifying Russian Chemical Weapons Use in Ukraine

Independent findings reveal Moscow deploying chloropicrin-equipped drones in a systematic campaign to drive Ukrainian troops from trenches

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Servicemen of the 148th Separate Artillery Zhytomyr Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prepare to fire a M777 Howitzer towards Russian troops at a position in the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 8, 2025. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov/File Photo
Ukrainian military engineer with the callsign Lynx inspects a freshly dug trench that his unit built as part of a system of new fortifications near the front lines outside Kupiansk, amid Russia?s attack on Ukraine, December 28, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

Overview

  • Dutch defence minister Ruben Brekelmans and MIVD chief Peter Reesink say their agencies have independently confirmed a large-scale Russian chemical weapons programme
  • Germany’s BND reports that Russian forces are using improvised drones to deploy tear gas and lethal concentrations of the banned agent chloropicrin
  • Ukrainian health authorities attribute at least three deaths and over 2,500 battlefield injuries to confirmed chemical exposure
  • Western officials are pressing for expanded sanctions and for barring Russia from the OPCW Executive Council after the disarmament body declined to open a formal investigation
  • The Kremlin denies the allegations and accuses Kyiv of similar plans while the OPCW has not yet been asked by member states to launch a full probe