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Two Dutch intelligence agencies said on Friday that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine, including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin.

The Netherlands' military intelligence and the security service, together with the German intelligence service, found that the use of prohibited chemical weapons by the Russian military had become "standardized and commonplace" in Ukraine.

According to the findings, the Russian military uses chloropicrin and riot control agent CS against sheltering Ukrainian soldiers, who are then forced out into the open and shot.

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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Has Putin started being paranoid about his food and drinks yet?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Would be nice. I always wonder what that power vacuum would look like. Sadly the Russian people might end up just as bad off as before. (Not that that means it shouldn’t happen. Roll the dice.)

EDIT oh shit, this sub is on .world

[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago

War doesn't have limits. It had suggestions.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 16 points 8 hours ago

They've run out of modern weapons

[–] catty@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

War never changes.