Items for widespread use of prohibited chemical weapons by Russia to Ukraine It seems that the Dutch intelligence services have gathered.
According to Reuters, citing the Dutch Defense Minister and the head of the Dutch Army Intelligence Service, the banned chemical weapons used by Russia in Ukraine is included and included. the toxic factor chloropicrine.
The Minister of Defense, Ruben Brekelmanshe appealed to stricter sanctions against Moscow. “The main conclusion is that we can confirm that Russia intensifies the use of chemical weapons“, The minister said in an interview with Reuters.
“This intensification is alarming because it is part of a trend we have seen for many years, where the use of Russia’s chemical weapons in this war is considered normal and is widely done.” The information was confirmed today (04.07.2025) and The German Federal Information Service (BND) citing the information he collected with the Dutch respective service.
“The use of tear gas and chloropicrin by Russian troops has now become common practice and is wide,” BND said in a joint statement, along with the Dutch Army Intelligence Service and the Dutch AIVD intelligence agency.
The findings of the Dutch and German information services for allegedly used chloropicrine from Russia, a forbidden factor developed for the first time in the battlefields of World War I had not been mentioned in the past.
The Head of Dutch Military Information Service MIVD Peter Reesuck He said that the conclusions follow “our own independent information, so we have noticed it ourselves, based on our own research”.
Russia disagrees and blames Ukraine
Reuters was not able to independently determine the use of prohibited chemicals on either side in the war in Ukraine. The US has for the first time accused Russia of throwing chloropicrin, a chemical compound more toxic than the factors used to suppress riots in May 2025.
Ukraine speaks of thousands of cases of use of chemical weapons by the Russians. The Russian Ministry of Defense did not respond immediately to a request for commenting on this report. Russia denies that it uses illegal weapons and accuses Ukraine of doing so.
Maria Zaharova, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said yesterday (03.07.2025) that the Federal Security Service (FSB) discovered an explosive mechanisms in the east of the country containing chloropicrin. Ukraine categorically denies these categories.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OECH, OPCW), which has 193 member states, announced last year that the charges exchanged by the two countries are “insufficiently documented”. He was not asked to conduct a complete investigation, which should be asked by the member states.
The recorded losses
At least three deaths in Ukraine have been linked to the use of chemical weapons, Brekelmans said, while more than 2,500 people, injured on the battlefield, reported symptoms associated with the use of chemical weapons in Ukrainian health authorities. Increased use of chemical weapons by Russia is a threat not only for Ukraine but also for other countries, according to him.
“We need to further increase the pressure. This means to consider the imposition of more sanctions, and in particular not allowing Russia to participate in international organizations such as the OCHO Executive Council, “he proposed.
Resching spoke of “thousands of cases” of chemical weapons use and also cited the number given by the Ukrainian authorities of 9,000. The findings of the intelligence services will be presented in a letter to Parliament today.
Russia is a member of the OECH and, like the US, has destroyed the stock of chemical weapons it has declared. The Dutch army and intelligence services, working with foreign partners, argue that they have discovered clear indications of intensifying Russian chemical weapons production.
The way of developing and using
This includes increased research skills and recruitment of scientists to develop chemical weapons, Reesick said, adding that Russian officials have given instructions to the soldiers on the use of poisonous war agents.
“This is not an ad-hoc use on the front of the war. Is part of a large -scale program. And this is reasonably worrying because if we do not clear up and do not publicize what Russia is doing, it is very likely that these tendencies will continue, “he said.
“We mainly connected the use of chloropicrin with improvised ammunition, such as lighting lamps and bottles hanging from a drone. In terms of tear gas, we see that they are also misused and the existing ammunition is converted into a carrier of this gas, ”he added.
Chloropicrin has similar characteristics to those of tear. It is recorded as a banned drowning factor by OPCW. It can cause severe irritation of the skin, eyes and respiratory system. If one swallowed it, it can cause burns in the mouth and stomach, nausea and vomiting as well as difficulty breathing and shortness of breath.
Source: onalert.gr