The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Donetsk used chemical weapons - command

The invaders violated the Convention on Chemical Weapons and the Geneva Protocol, which prohibit the use of chemicals for war. Russian invaders used chemical ammunition against the Ukrainian military. This was reported by a spokesman for the Tavriysky Defense Force Valery Shershn on the air of a telecommunication. While trying to storm the invaders in one of the directions, a chemical ammunition was shook in one of the directions.

"In addition, using tanks, reactive systems of volley fire and barrel artillery, the enemy made more than 440 shelling of our positions. The fact of discharge on one of the positions of prohibited chemical ammunition - aerosol, suffocating action was recorded on one of the positions," - said Shershn. He also added that the wind was blowing towards hostile forces. The use of chemicals for war is prohibited by the Convention on Chemical Weapons (Article 1, Paragraph 5) and the 1925 Geneva Protocol.

Previously, the invaders have already used chemical grenades. Therefore, it is probably about the K-51 grenade. It was developed in the 1970s for special services. The sealed ammunition body consists of a solid plastic with a metal bottom. Inside, it has a powdery substance of non -lethal action, which causes severe irritation of the tears. The person who got into such a aerosol cloud loses combat, because the hands are reflexively stretching their eyes.