In the Ukraine war, the discussion now revolves around the use of chemical weapons. Russia and the US accuse each other of wanting to use them.
Moscow – The fear of Vladimir Putin* using chemical weapons in the Ukraine war* is growing. Even though their use has been banned since the UN Chemical Weapons Convention was passed in 1997, the US is now warning of precisely this. The reason for this is again accusations from Russia*, which go in the same direction.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned at the UN Security Council in February that Russia could use claims of chemical weapons in Ukraine as justification for an invasion. As Politico reported at the time, Blinken was already warning of an invasion in “a few days”. In the meantime, both predictions have come true, albeit in a different order: Putin cited an alleged “denazification” as the main reason for the war of aggression in Ukraine. Now, more than two weeks after the Ukraine conflict* escalated, Russia is talking more and more openly about chemical weapons.
Chemical weapons in the Ukraine war: Russia expresses allegations in the UN Security Council
The latest conspiracy story that Putin is spreading in the Ukraine war is about at least 30 laboratories in which the US and Ukraine are secretly manufacturing chemical weapons. The UN Ambassador of Russia, Wassili Nebensia, expressed this accusation on Friday (March 11, 2022) at a specially set up session of the UN Security Council. The UN then declared that it had no knowledge of such weapons, while many of the other Council members criticized Russia for the unsubstantiated claims. Some pointed out that the testimony could be the first step in an actual chemical weapons attack by Russia.
Ukraine war: US warns of chemical weapons use by Russia
For example, Jen Psaki, the US White House press secretary, wrote on Twitter that this was “the kind of disinformation operation we’ve seen time and again from the Russians in Ukraine and other countries in recent years.” . She also called the campaign an “example of the kind of false pretexts we warned the Russians about.” Now that Russia has made these “false claims,” “we should all be on the lookout for Russia possibly using chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, or conducting a false flag operation with them.”
Psaki denied accusations that the US was experimenting with chemical weapons in Ukraine. Instead, it is Russia, which has a long and well-documented history of using such weapons. The press spokeswoman referred to the poisoning of Putin critic Alexej Navalny* and Russian support for the Assad regime in Syria, which “repeatedly used chemical weapons.” (vbu/afp) * fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA .
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