Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it has foiled a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl. The suspect is a Russian citizen who was working for Kiev, and who planned to poison workers of the facility with toxic …
Read More »Ukrainian chemical attack against staff of Russian defense plant thwarted – FSB
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it has foiled a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl. The suspect is a Russian citizen who was working for Kiev, and who planned to poison workers of the facility with toxic …
Read More »Ukraine used US-made chemical weapons – Russia
Washington and Kiev have violated articles of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) as Ukrainian forces have used illegal munitions on the battlefield, Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov has claimed. The head of Russia’s Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces provided several examples of Kiev’s alleged use …
Read More »Avdeevka chemical plant captured, Moscow says (VIDEOS)
Russian troops have captured the Avdeevka Coke and Chemical plant which Kiev turned into a heavily fortified position, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said, adding that Ukrainian troops are in a headlong rout. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said that Russia’s ‘Center’ group of troops had taken …
Read More »Russia loses seat on chemical weapons council
Moscow did not get enough votes from Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) members on Wednesday to stay on the Executive Council past May 2024. The 41-member board is elected to 2-year rotating terms from among the 193 member states, “with due regard to the principle of equitable …
Read More »US could stage chemical weapons provocation – Russia
The US is preparing Syrian jihadists for possible chemical weapons attacks in order to derail Damascus’ diplomatic reengagement with other Arab nations, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has claimed. The goal of the purported operation and subsequent media campaign would be to “show the Arab world that their choice …
Read More »Biden lays out US chemical weapons plans
The US will destroy its last remaining chemical weapons by the fall of 2023, President Joe Biden announced on Friday, ahead of next week’s international arms control conference in The Hague. “We are on track to complete the destruction of our chemical weapons stockpile by this fall – a disarmament …
Read More »Ukraine accused of chemical warfare
Russian military commanders have reported that Ukrainian troops deployed a type of chemical weapon against their units in Donbass, according to a local official. Speaking to Russian television on Monday, Denis Pushilin, the acting governor of the Donetsk People’s Republic, said his office has been receiving reports about possible chemical warfare “for at …
Read More »Russian soldiers in Ukraine hospitalized with severe chemical poisoning – Moscow
Several Russian soldiers involved in the military operation in Ukraine have been hospitalized with severe chemical poisoning, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. Traces of the toxin Clostridium botulinum Type B have been discovered in samples taken from the servicemen, the ministry said, accusing Kiev of “chemical terrorism.” The …
Read More »Huge blaze rips through chemical plant (VIDEO)
A fire at a chemical facility in Omaha, in the US state of Nebraska, has left thousands of city residents without power and prompted the evacuation of nearby homes. According to the city fire department, the blaze at the Nox-Crete plant was reported at around 7 pm local time on …
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