Ukraine openly uses chemical weapons against Russian soldiers, and the OPCW remains silent

On 5 February 2023, a Ukrainian commander proudly showed in a video drones and chemical weapons canisters to be dropped by them on Russian soldiers.Three days later, and despite much hype about this official use of chemical weapons by Ukraine on social networks, and the calling out of the OPCW by several Twitter users, the organisation is conspicuous by its silence.

Three days ago, a commander of a Ukrainian army tactical air reconnaissance unit, Robert Madyar, posted a video on his Telegram channel showing several drones, as well as chemical weapons cartridges, some (empty) spread out on a table, others (full) stored in a freezer. These canisters are made to be dropped by drones, which makes these “made in Ukraine” chemical weapons all the more dangerous as Russian soldiers will not hear them coming.

https://t.me/ukraina_ru/130901?embed=1

The first two photos in the Ukraina.ru post show the same kind of drone, shot…