General Staff: Russian Federation continues attacks with chemical munitions against the Defense Forces, 323 more cases in a month
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The General Staff reported 4,613 cases of the use of ammunition with hazardous chemicals by the Russian Federation. In October 2024, 323 such cases were recorded.
Russian troops continue to use ammunition with hazardous chemicals against the Defense Forces. In October 2024, 323 such cases were recorded, and 4613 uses in total, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Friday, UNN writes.
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"The enemy continues to use special ammunition equipped with hazardous chemicals against the Defense Forces," the statement said.
Since the beginning of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, radiation, chemical, and biological intelligence units have reportedly been directly recording cases of the use of hazardous chemicals on the battlefield. Since February 2023, the use of hazardous chemicals by the Russians has become systematic, the General Staff said.
The enemy recorded 4,613 uses of ammunition equipped with hazardous chemicals. (...) In October 2024, the radiation, chemical, and biological intelligence units of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded 323 such cases
Along with conventional firepower, according to the General Staff, the enemy uses ammunition such as K-51 and RG-VO, which are loaded with hazardous chemicals that are used as riot control agents and are prohibited for use as weapons of war. There is also a significant share of ammunition containing hazardous chemical compounds of unspecified type.
"By doing so, Russia grossly violates the rules of warfare, ignores the norms and obligations under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction," the General Staff noted.
