CBRN event in Ukraine on Thu 16th February 2023

16th February 2023

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Ukraine once again used chemical weapons during the Russian special operation. According to RIA Novosti, the military of the Kiev regime dropped ammunition with an unknown poisonous substance on the positions of Russian troops near the villages of Urozhaynoye and Velikaya Novosyolka (Ugledar direction).

A message about this action, prohibited by international conventions, appeared in the media on February 18. The very use of poisonous substances (PS) was made on February 16.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, on the morning of February 16, two attack copters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared over the positions of Russian troops near Ugledar. One of them was shot down, and the second one dropped chemical ammunition on the positions of the Russian troops.

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