Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-11-20 00:34:26 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EA0540917653C304D3EA863488946E2B6C08DBFACA6C03C216B7D112D537F0AD
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Russian forces have openly admitted to using hazardous chemical weapons in Ukraine, with widespread use of riot control agents and multiple reports of the use of the toxic choking agent chloropicrin. Russia has also deployed Novichok in Salisbury, UK, in 2018. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sanctions-russian-troops-deploying-chemical-weapons-on-the-battlefield https://www.state.gov/imposing-new-measures-on-russia-for-its-full-scale-war-and-use-of-chemical-weapons-against-ukraine-2/ https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-01/news/russia-blocks-consensus-cwc-conference
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