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Reports on Ukraine's use of chemical weapons multiply, says acting DPR head

According to Denis Pushilin, as a result of exposure to chemicals used by the Ukrainian military, people affected by them experience irritation of the mucous membranes, cough, and general malaise
Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin Erik Romanenko/TASS
Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin
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MOSCOW, February 11. /TASS/. The number of reports from different areas of the Donbass front about the use of chemical weapons by the Ukrainian side has increased, Acting Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said.

"There has been an increase in the number of reports from commanders in the Ugledar, Artyomovsk and Mayorsk directions about the use of chemical weapons by the enemy," the acting head said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel. "The facts of the use of this type of ammunition, dropped from drones on our positions, have been recorded. This is a systemic phenomenon, not isolated cases," Pushilin added.

According to him, as a result of the chemical substances used by the Ukrainian military, people suffered from mucous membrane irritation, coughing and general malaise.

The acting DPR head noted that there were no cases of deaths from these substances. "There are no fatal cases so far, but there is certain discomfort," Pushilin said.

According to him, experts have not yet established what kind of chemical substance the Ukrainian servicemen are using, but experts are working to give an answer to this question.

Earlier, Yan Gagin, military-political expert and adviser to the Acting Head of the DPR, told TASS that Ukrainian troops used chemical weapons in the Soledarsk and Artyomovsk directions on February 5. He stressed that this was not the first time that chemical weapons had been used by the Ukrainian side. Gagin added that the Ukrainian units themselves did not hide the presence of prohibited types of weapons, regularly showing on video foreign-made gas shells and copters (helicopter-type drones) for dropping them.