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European Intelligence Confirms Intensifying Russian Chemical Weapons Use in Ukraine
- Dutch and German intelligence agencies reported that Russia is increasingly using chemical weapons, including the banned agent chloropicrin, in Ukraine during the ongoing war.
- This escalation follows years of suspicion and confirmed incidents since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, amid denials by Moscow and mutual accusations between Russia and Ukraine.
- The intelligence agencies obtained evidence of drone-delivered choking agents and stated that Russian military leadership actively supports these chemical weapon deployments as standard battlefield practice.
- Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans stated that evidence shows Russia is increasing its deployment of chemical weapons, a development that threatens not only Ukraine but also the broader international community, and he called for stronger sanctions against Moscow.
- These findings imply a large-scale chemical weapons program in Russia and suggest the need for increased international pressure to prevent normalization of such weapons in conflict.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two Dutch intelligence agencies said on Friday that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine, including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin. The Netherlands’ military intelligence and the security service, together with the German intelligence service, found that the use of prohibited chemical weapons by the Russian military had become “standardized and commonplace” in Ukraine. …
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