Both US and Ukrainian officials have said they cannot confirm claims from Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion that Russia dropped a “poisonous substance” on Mariupol.
Andriy Biletsky, the leader of the Azov Battalion, which is part of Ukraine’s National Guard, claimed three people had signs of chemical poisoning, although he said there were no “disastrous consequences” to their health.
According to Reuters, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early Wednesday that it was not possible to draw “100% firm conclusions” about whether or not Russia used chemical weapons. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US was not in a position to confirm the claims.
According to a report from Politico, US officials have raised questions about the credibility of the Azov battalion, noting that they might be eager to provoke a larger confrontation. The claims from Azov came after weeks of Biden administration officials accusing Russia of plotting to use chemical weapons in its war in Ukraine and warning of a response if they are used.
Last week, US officials told NBC News that Washington never saw evidence of Russia moving chemical weapons near Ukraine and said the claims were part of an information war against Moscow. According to the officials, the Biden administration had been publicizing information based on bad intelligence and without evidence to back it up.
Despite the lack of confirmation for the Azov battalion’s claims, the reports have still drawn threats from NATO members. “There are reports of the use of chemical weapons, we have not been able to verify those ourselves,” James Heappey, the UK’s armed forces minister, told Sky News. “But let’s be clear — if they are used at all then President Putin should know that all possible options are on the table in terms of how the West might respond.”
Nothing will save the Nazi’s they’re doomed and Russia won’t take them prisoner, except for a few lucky bstards and a couple of foreigners that will be saved for the tribunals and sent to a nice prison in Siberia or meet their maker later. They know that.
Still, nobody has explained why a winning army in a war that is practically over, now engaged in mopping up operations, as Al Assad was in Syria, would risk the lives of the civilians and resort to unreliable WW1 warfare with “chemical weapons”….
Winning? You are delusional. Russia had its rear end handed to it in Kyiv. Thousands of Russian soldiers killed and equipment destroyed all over. The Russia Army is a paper one full of incompetent’s soldiers. Had Ukraine have the adequate equipment and more planes, Russia would have been annihilated by now. The new push into Donbass, may most likely be another humiliating defeat to Russia, hence why they are using illegal weapons and leveling cities. They are desperately in need of a victory for the 9 May parade. But you keep on blaming everything on Azov and cheering for your boy, Saint Putin
There are no parades on May 9 anywhere in Russia.
9 мая День Победы (9 May victory day)
Really? Do you even know anything about Russia? Copy paste that into google and learn something before you write. By the way, great day to visit when Russia is not attacking neighboring countries. I was there in 2014.
Sounds like a paid troll. Being seeing a lot lately in lace they normally don’t go.
Is this even English? Sounds like you are the real troll.
You have no clue about what you are saying. The US instigated coup of 2014 has caused the death of over 14,000 people, many children, by the Nazis of Ukraine that the West supports. Those who died in WWII must be spinning in their graves wondering why they had to die fighting these animals 70 years later. You really need to stop watching the BBC and CNN and all the other propaganda outlets.
I read a report that there was a large store of chlorine in the steelworks; anyone who’s worked with or around the stuff (even household Clorox) knows a whiff of it can take your breath away, which is exactly what was being reported- shortness of breath. Given the fighting going on in the area, what are the chances a container could have ruptured? Then again, three people with non-fatal symptoms isn’t exactly a tripwire for nuclear war.
Chlorine is nasty stuff. I once had to help drag an unconscious guy out of a factory area after a chemical mix-up, and even though the ventilation system had been turned on to suck the stuff out of the area, I was coughing for days. The guy lived, but probably had permanent lung damage.
They advertised. No one bought.
Saddam also “have chemical weapons”. Just saying
Saddam was the exception. He was a maggot.
“There are reports of the use of chemical weapons, we have not been able to verify those ourselves,” James Heappey, the UK’s armed forces minister, told Sky News. “But let’s be clear — if they are used at all then President Putin should know that all possible options are on the table in terms of how the West might respond.”
No need for proof. It’s out there now. No retractions forthcoming.
US & Ukraine cannot confirm their own lies…!
lol
OPCW fake report Mark II coming.
Zelensky and his merry band of clowns and liars have been played by Biden and NATO. They will become yesterdays news.
Perhaps Zelensky and his criminals know the end is near. Look up Zelensky a missile is coming!
Zelensky will flee to the USA with millions and settle down.
The Nazis belong to an outfit called the Wagner Group.
At the request of Kyiv, France will provide Ukraine with a new round of military aid, French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly said Wednesday.
The European Union has approved an additional 500 million euros ($544 million USD) for military equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Wednesday, according to a news release from the European Council of the European Union.
Russia will destroy those millions.
US President Joe Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart Wednesday that the US was sending an additional $800 million worth of weapons, ammunition and other security assistance.
The package will include both new types of weapons and the types of equipment the US has been providing to Ukraine for weeks.
The new equipment includes “artillery systems, artillery rounds, and armored personnel carriers,” the statement from Biden read.
“I have also approved the transfer of additional helicopters,” he wrote.
A total waste of money. Russia stated multiple times what they will do if weapons enter into Ukraine.
Haha, sure.
Stay tuned.
They already destroyed the S300s sent from the Czcheck Republic. They are the real hope of the world in killing off this NWO wet dream that they want.
Breaking news: The Azov Battalion – Black Sea Nuclear Submarine Fleet just sank the Russian Moskova ship. Russia cannot confirm this claim since the Azov Battalion was only 900 strong 2 months ago.