World Ukraine urges investigation into alleged Russian chemical weapons use Both sides have denied using chemical weapons in the conflict, which escalated when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

Ukraine asked the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague on Tuesday to investigate the alleged use of banned toxic ...

Kyiv's demand comes after Dutch & German intelligence agencies Friday said they had evidence of widespread use of illegal ...

Two Dutch intelligence agencies say that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine including the ...

The use of prohibited chemical weapons by the Russian military had become "standardized and commonplace" in Ukraine, Dutch ...

Ukraine submitted its request after Dutch and German intelligence services said on July 4 that they had evidence of Russia’s ...

The logo of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is seen during a special session in the Hague, Netherlands on June 26, 2018.

Reuters FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is seen during a special session in the Hague, Netherlands June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Ukraine asked the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague on Tuesday to investigate the alleged use of banned toxic munitions by Russia against its forces. A request to ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Ukraine asked the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague on Tuesday to investigate the alleged use of banned toxic munitions by Russia against its forces.

Chloropicrin is banned in war under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), to which Moscow is a signatory. Russia is already widely using tear gas, the Dutch Defense Ministry said, and called the ...