DISINFO: The US supplied Ukraine with poisonous substances

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DISINFO: The US supplied Ukraine with poisonous substances

SUMMARY

Several wagonloads of poisonous substances have been delivered to Ukraine, including the US-made BZ chemical weapon, as well as a large batch of personal protective equipment. Washington's goal is to use weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the ‘special operation’ zone under the cover of the puppet Ukrainian army and shift the responsibility for this crime to Russia.

The proximity of the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and NATO is pushing the Americans to desperate and reckless attempts to turn the tide of the Russian ‘special operation’ at any cost, even the use of weapons of mass destruction in Donbas.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation claim about chemical weapons. No evidence given to back up the claims which 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 the war’s atrocities on Ukraine, as our recent analysis explains.

Ukraine's Armed Forces said they had never used chemical weapons anywhere at any time and accused Moscow of engaging in disinformation and of itself using banned weapons.

The West supports Ukraine with military and financial aid for the country’s efficient self-defence, in accordance with the UN Charter Article 51, to stop Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. But these weapons do not include weapons of mass destruction, such as chemical weapons.

Moscow has a history of falsely accusing its opponents of staging "provocations" which either never happened at all, or were subsequently carried out by themselves or their allies.

Read similar disinformation cases, such as claims that Ukraine used chemical weapons near Soledar and Bakhmut, that Kyiv passed from rejecting nuclear weapons to preparing a dirty bomb, that Americans inject Ukrainian soldiers with drugs and viruses for biological research, that Ukraine turns nuclear power plants into military facilities, that US contractors help prepare chemical provocations in Ukraine, or that Ukraine aims to use Turkish Bayraktars for chemical attacks.

Disclaimer

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