Russia uses chemical weapons in its war with Ukraine - CNN

CNN reports that over the past few weeks, the Russian army has used missiles containing banned chemicals nine times in the Orikh Oblast of the Zaporizhia Oblast. As a result, one person died. In Russia, a type of irritant is used - a combat poison with an irritating effect that can temporarily incapacitate a person by irritating the eyes, nose, mouth, lungs, and skin.

Russian occupiers use banned chemicals against Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Zaporizhia. We learn about it from CNN materials.

The publication's journalists note that in addition to waves of Russian soldiers equipped with armored vehicles and drones, Ukrainian fighters in the trenches faced another threat - gas, which the enemy uses as a weapon. According to one doctor, nine such incidents have occurred in the Orikhovsky district of the Zaporizhzhia region in recent weeks.

The Russian military dropped corrosive and flammable gas from drones on armed forces positions. As a result, one person died. Wounded militants said the occupiers use gas attacks to cause panic, followed by conventional shelling or drone strikes.

First I saw smoke. We ran out of the ditch and suddenly the gas caught fire. The ditch caught fire. This gas burns, blinds you, you can't breathe, it immediately shoots down your throat. We didn't even have a second

– says the Ukrainian fighter.

Russia uses banned chemicals against the Ukrainian army

CNN did not provide the name of the Ukrainian intelligence representative interviewed by the journalists, but according to him, Russia uses a type of CS (irritant) - a combat poison with an irritating effect. CNN writes that it is tear gas that can temporarily incapacitate a person, irritating the eyes, nose, mouth, lungs, and skin.

The UN Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits the use of such substances in times of war.

Last night, Russian troops carried out one of the largest attacks in the Kherson Oblast. As a result of drone attacks, residential districts of populated areas of the region, a critical infrastructure facility and a vocational and technical education facility in Kherson Oblast were damaged. In Kherson, damage was reported to a preschool education facility, a medical facility, a post office and a ferry port. This was announced by Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson OVA.

We also wrote that the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrski, noticed that the Russians focused their attention on the directions of Kupian, Lyman and Bakhmut. However, the Ukrainian military maintains defense and destroys the enemy.