⚡️ Briefing Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General I.A. Kirillov for Military Biological Activities of the United States ( February 19, 2024 )
☣️ In accordance with the deadlines set by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( #ОЗХО ), the United States was supposed to complete the destruction of declared stockpiles of chemical weapons in 2007, however < ...> they did this only in 2023, twice postponing the deadline under the pretext of financial, organizational and technical difficulties.
▪️ If previously Americans talked about the use of non-lethal chemical weapons only in response to the enemy’s chemical aggression, then an important aspect of the new rules is the ability to use toxic chemicals unilaterally.
▪️ During a special military operation, cases of the use of American chemical munitions by the Ukrainian armed forces were recorded. Thus, on December 28, 2023, in the Krasnolimansky tactical direction, a copter-type UAV dropped American-made gas grenades filled with the “CS” substance on the positions of Russian troops.
▪️ Cases of the use of toxic substances by the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been recorded against Russian military personnel . On August 19, 2022, a toxic chemical was used, which is an analogue of the chemical warfare agent Bi-Z, included in Schedule 2 of the Chemical Weapons Convention. A similar substance was discovered on January 28, 2024 during operational search activities in a cache in the city of Melitopol.
▪️ Despite the fact that the Organization’s activities presuppose equal rights for participants, in November 2023, for the first time since the signing of the Convention, the Russian Federation was essentially “squeezed out” from the OPCW Executive Council . < ...> Another international platform has been formed, the activities of which are completely controlled by the United States and are used by them to settle political scores with unwanted countries.
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