Russia has formally appealed to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to examine its allegations ...

While it was already accused of using tear gas in its three-year war in Ukraine, German and Dutch intelligence agencies say ...

Russia denies using the weapons, as does Ukraine; International body says previous accusations not “substantiated.” ...

The main conclusion is that we can confirm Russia is intensifying its use of chemical weapons,” Brekelmans said. He warned ...

A Russian neo-Nazi unit has confirmed the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers.

Chloropicrin is banned in war under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), to which Moscow is a signatory. Russia is already widely using tear gas, the Dutch Defense Ministry said, and called the ...

The use of prohibited chemical weapons by the Russian military had become "standardized and commonplace" in Ukraine, Dutch ...

Dutch and German intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine ...

German and Dutch intelligence agencies have accused Russia of increasingly using dangerous chemical weapons such as chloropicrin in the war in Ukraine.

Igor Kirillov, who was chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed outside his apartment building on Tuesday when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off.

Two Dutch intelligence agencies say that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine including the ...

There have been previous allegations of Russian use of chemical weapons in Ukraine. The US said in May 2024 that Russia had used the chloropicrin agent, adding that it was not an isolated incident.