According to the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Russia has strengthened the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine. The BND published a joint explanation with Dutch secret services on Friday, in which Russia is accused of serious violations of the international chemical weapon convention. According to this, Russia uses the chemical fighting material Chlorpikrin in addition to tear gas and other chemical weapons in the Ukraine War, “which can be fatal in high concentrations in closed rooms”.
“Russia is becoming increasingly common A wide range of chemical weapons A ”, according to a joint explanation of the BND with the Dutch military secret service MIVD and the Dutch intelligence service AIVD. With chlorpikrin,“ a stronger chemical active ingredient ”has now been added.
Last year Great Britain and the United States had accused Russia of using the fabric of chlorine pikrin against Ukrainian soldiers. The oily liquid that was used massively in the First World War, damages the lungs and can cause severe eye and skin irritation. “This represents an even more serious violation of the chemical weapons agreement that prohibits the use of this chemical suffocation from all circumstances,” explained the BND and the Dutch secret services. According to this, the Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans informed Parliament in the Hague on Friday.
Russia set chemical weapons “Systematic and to a large extent A “, said Brekelman's statement. This was a dangerous development,” completely unacceptable “and again shows” the brutality of the aggressor, to which Ukraine faces “. Russia generally reduces the threshold for the use of chemical weapons in conflicts, Brekelmans continued. This is also a danger to “the rest of Europe and the world”. Against this background, the Dutch Minister of Defense called for further sanctions and “the isolation of Russia” and campaigned for “undamaged military support from Ukraine”.
The report also refers to information from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. According to this, Russia has already used chemical weapons against Ukrainian armed forces 9,000 times since the beginning of its war war. According to Kiev, at least three people were killed by contact with chemical weapons. “The Russian use of chemical weapons indirectly has one far larger number of Ukrainian victims Leaded, ”it said. Because he forced Ukrainian soldiers to“ go out of cover so that they could be killed with conventional weapons ”.
According to the BND and the Dutch secret services, Russian military management and Russian radiological, chemical and biological defense troops actively promote chemical fighting materials. The use of Tear gas and chlorine pikrin Russian troops have become “common practice and commonplace and will most likely continue to be a threat in the future”.
“In addition to the massive investments in the Russian chemical weapons program, the country also expands its chemical weapons research,” said the secret services. This is also evident in recruiting new scientists for the program.
