Moscow, Aug 27 (EFE).- Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of using toxic chemicals on the battlefield and said it has detected more than 400 such cases.
Russia’s Chief of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, said at a press briefing that in the course of the “special military operation” in Ukraine, they had confirmed more than 400 cases of the use of toxic chemical substances by the enemy forces.
According to the Russian military official, the substances used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces include BZ compound, an incapacitating agent, as well as hydrocyanide and cyanogen chloride, both highly toxic.
Kirillov said that in the Donetsk region, next to the city of Avdiivka, taken by Russian troops in February this year, a laboratory was discovered where toxic substances were produced.
He added that the laboratory had the capacity to produce up to three kilograms of toxic substances daily, equivalent to more than 40,000 lethal doses. EFE
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