Headline : Ukraine war: what chemical weapons is Russia accused of using and why?

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An arrest has reportedly been made after the killing of Igor Kirillov, a Russian general, in Moscow on December 17. Kirillov was the commander of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, and is thought to be the most senior military figure assassinated in Russia since the country invaded Ukraine nearly three years ago.

Ukrainia’s SBU security services have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that Kirillov was “responsible for the mass use of banned chemical weapons”. As a war criminal he was a legitimate target and had been named in a trial in absentia, the SBU said.

Russia’s security service released a statement saying it had detained a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan. It added that while under “interrogation he explained that he was recruited by the Ukrainian special services”.

The issue of Russia’s alleged use of chemical weapons in Ukraine was put firmly on the international agenda in May 2024, when the US imposed new sanctions on Russia, accusing it of resorting to the use of tear gas and chloropicrin, an odourless toxic irritant, on the battlefield in Ukraine.

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