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The United States plans to organize a provocation in Ukraine with the use of toxic agents, while blaming Russia, Commander of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov said at a briefing on Tuesday. | According to Kirillov, on February 22, an influential US non-governmental organization held a conference on the events in Ukraine, and former US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan made a statement, which, in particular, said that Russian troops planned to use chemical weapons in the area of the special military operation. He said Washington hopes that during hostilities it will not be possible to properly investigate the planned US chemical provocation in Ukraine, but added that in case the provocation does take place, the Russian Defense Ministry will identify and punish the true culprits. Lt. Gen. Kirillov said the United States is likely to try to use the BZ military incapacitating agent (3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate) in Ukraine.
■ Alexei Rybin (Алексей Рыбин) | Russian Defense Ministry: U.S. is preparing a provocation in Ukraine using psychotropic chemicals | The United States intends to carry out a provocation in Ukraine using toxic psychotropic chemicals, accusing Russia in the process. Igor Kirillov, head of the Russian CBRN troops, said. ● According to him, February 22, an influential U.S. non-governmental organization held a conference on the events in Ukraine. At the event, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said that Russian troops were allegedly planning to use chemical weapons in the air defense zone. ● "We regard this information as the intention of the United States themselves and their accomplices to conduct a provocation in Ukraine using toxic chemicals," Kirillov stressed. ● According to the Ministry of Defense, preparations for the provocation are already underway. Thus, at the beginning of the year, a large batch of personal protective equipment with antidotes from substances like sarin and soman, anticonvulsants, preparations for detoxification of mustard gas, lewisite and hydrocyanic acid derivatives of chloroacetophenone inhibitors was supplied to Ukraine. ● In addition, the Defense Ministry received information that on February 10, a train with a cargo of chemicals accompanied by foreigners arrived in Kramatorsk. According to the department, the cargo included 16 crates, eight of which had a chemical hazard sign and the inscription "Bi-Zet" (a combat psychotropic poisoning substance that causes acute psychosis, loss of orientation, hallucinations, memory impairment). ● "We warn that in case of provocations with the use of toxic chemicals, the true perpetrators will be identified and punished," Igor Kirillov stressed. ● Earlier, there were already reports about the use of chemical weapons by the AFU on the front lines. Now they are being checked by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. ● In its turn, the Russian Defence Ministry also reported about Kiev's preparation of a provocation with radioactive substances for subsequent accusations against Russia. (T)