CBRN event in Ukraine on Mon 4th March 2024

4th March 2024

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MOSCOW, March 4. /TASS/. The chemical warfare agent found during the prevention of a terrorist attack in the Zaporozhye Region has turned out to be close to BZ (NATO code), the chief of Russia’s radiation, chemical and biological protection forces Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov said on the TV channel Rossiya-24. Some components used in its manufacture were seized, too, he added.

The TV report showed a Russian laboratory accredited by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

"What has now been discovered is a substance close to BZ, a poisonous blacklisted substance. Some precursors that are used in its manufacture were seized, too. This poison was created at Edgewood Arsenal in the United States," Kirillov said.

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