During April, the russian occupiers used 444 units of ammunition equipped with dangerous chemicals against Ukrainian fighters.
It was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"Over the past month, 444 cases of the enemy using ammunition containing dangerous chemicals have been recorded by mobile groups of forces and support equipment and other units of the Defense Forces, which is 71 more cases than in the previous period," the General Staff said.
According to the military, the main way of delivery is the use of unmanned aerial vehicles mainly with the discharge of K-51.
In total, between February 2023 and April 2024, a total of 1,891 cases of the use of ammunition equipped with dangerous chemicals were recorded.
As explained in the General Staff, the russians continue to use ammunition containing dangerous chemicals, and this violates the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, as well as the laws and customs of warfare.
Recall that Ukraine handed over to the United States evidence of russia's use of chloropicrin. The aggressor used hand gas grenades of various types, which are indicated in the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons as means of combating riots.
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