Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 48908

Russia: Chemical Weapons

Tabled: 29 April 2025

Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help prevent Russian forces increasing the use of banned gas weapons in Ukraine.

Answer

Luke Pollard

Russia’s use of chemical weapons on the front lines in Ukraine is wholly unacceptable. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has published two reports confirming the presence of CS gas in samples collected by Ukraine from the bat...

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