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West ignores Russian warnings about chemical provocations in Ukraine — envoy

Alexander Shulgin emphasized that the prevention of similar criminal acts is the shared responsibility of the States Parties to the Convention

THE HAGUE, October 5. /TASS/. A threat of a chemical attack in Ukraine remains but Western countries are unwilling to acknowledge Russia’s warnings on the matter, Russia's permanent representative to the OPCW Alexander Shulgin said during general debates at the 101st session of the organization’s executive council.

"Since December 2021, the Russian Ministry of Defense has been providing warnings of potential chemical provocations by Ukrainian paramilitary units, and has also recorded incidents of their use of chemically hazardous facilities for military purposes. Most regrettably, some of our warnings about chemical provocations in the works proved to be true," the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands quoted him as saying on its website.

"The prevention of similar criminal acts is the shared responsibility of the States Parties to the Convention. However, Western countries have been uncompromisingly unwilling to acknowledge our warnings. Moreover, unfounded accusations, disinformation, and slander are already being slung in our direction," the diplomat emphasized.

Russia’s Defense Ministry officials have also repeatedly warned of provocations involving poisonous substances plotted by the Kiev regime with Western support.