In the course of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly accused Ukraine of planning to stage incidents using chemical weapons as “false flag” operations. Kiev consistently and persistently rejected all these Russian accusations. At the same time, it accused Moscow of preparing the ground for its own use of chemical weapons by disseminating these false allegations.

Read the CBWNet analysis on these claims and the need for an adequate reaction by the international community here.

Russia has accused Ukraine of working on biological weapons and the United States and Germany of providing support. These allegations are unfounded. There are no indications of such activities, which would be prohibited by the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Germany, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the United States are BWC states parties. NATO and Western countries have voiced concerns that Russia may use these allegations as pretext to employ chemical weapons in the war against Ukraine.

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