THEHAGUE – The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is worried by the current unconfirmed report of chemical weapons use in Ukraine’s port metropolis of Mariupol, an OPCW spokesperson mentioned on Tuesday.
“The (…) OPCW is monitoring intently the state of affairs in Ukraine,” the spokesperson added.
Earlier within the day, a senior U.S. protection official mentioned america couldn't affirm using chemical brokers in Mariupol, underneath siege by the Russian military.
The OPCW world chemical weapons watchdog additionally mentioned it had “uninterruptedly been monitoring the state of affairs round declared chemical industrial websites” in Ukraine, which has been underneath assault by Russia since finish February.
Russia’s defence ministry has not responded to a Reuters request for remark. Russian-backed separatist forces within the east denied utilizing chemical weapons in Mariupol, the Interfax information company reported.
Chemical weapons manufacturing, use and stockpiling is banned underneath the 1997 Chemical Weapons Conference.
The mayor of Mariupol mentioned the newest estimate was that about 21,000 civilian residents of the port metropolis had been killed because the begin of Russia’s invasion.
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