DISINFO: Kyiv to use its dead soldiers to accuse Russia of chemical attack
SUMMARY
The Kyiv regime intends to use the bodies of its dead soldiers to carry out a provocation in Sumy province, and to accuse the Russian army of using "chemical weapons".
The bodies and remains of dead Ukrainian soldiers will be delivered from refrigerators to sites prepared to be photographed by Western and Ukrainian media as remains of Ukrainian soldiers "killed by Russian ammunition containing toxic chemicals."
The site of the "attack" and the dead bodies would be treated with a toxic substance, which would allow experts from the West to confirm the "chemical trail".
RESPONSE
Conspiracy theory and a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation claim about the alleged use of chemical weapons by Ukraine.
Such claims are part of a broader pro-Kremlin information manipulation campaign supporting the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and trying to place the blame for war atrocities on Ukraine, as our recent analysis explains.
There is no evidence to back the claim that Ukraine may have used or is planning to use chemical weapons under any circumstances. In fact, this is an attempt to deflect responsibility away from Russia's own actions, with Western leaders having concerns that Russia could use chemical weapons.
Russia has a history of both using chemical weapons against the opponents of Putin's regime, and attempts to undermine the international norms and institutions which prohibit the use of chemical weapons.
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