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UN official highlights need to inform OPCW of possible use chemical weapons in Ukraine

"Obviously, we made clear that chemical weapons should not be used by any side," Farhan Haq said

UNITED NATIONS, February 8. /TASS/. Information about the possible use of chemical weapons in Ukraine should be shared with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), deputy spokesperson for the UN secretary general Farhan Haq said at a briefing on Wednesday.

"We don't have any information to verify those allegations. Obviously, we made clear that chemical weapons should not be used by any side. If there's any relevant information, it should be shared with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons", he noted in response to a TASS question.