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The number of reports from different areas of the Donbass front about the use of chemical weapons by the Ukrainian side has increased, Acting Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said.
"There has been an increase in the number of reports from commanders in the Ugledar, Artyomovsk and Mayorsk directions about the use of chemical weapons by the enemy," the acting head said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel. "The facts of the use of this type of ammunition, dropped from drones on our positions, have been recorded. This is a systemic phenomenon, not isolated cases," Pushilin added.
According to him, as a result of the chemical substances used by the Ukrainian military, people suffered from mucous membrane irritation, coughing and general malaise.
The acting DPR head noted that there were no cases of deaths from these substances. "There are no fatal cases so far, but there is certain discomfort," Pushilin said.
According to him, experts have not yet established what kind of chemical substance the Ukrainian servicemen are using, but experts are working to give an answer to this question.
Earlier, Yan Gagin, military-political expert and adviser to the Acting Head of the DPR, told TASS that Ukrainian troops used chemical weapons in the Soledarsk and Artyomovsk directions on February 5. He stressed that this was not the first time that chemical weapons had been used by the Ukrainian side. Gagin added that the Ukrainian units themselves did not hide the presence of prohibited types of weapons, regularly showing on video foreign-made gas shells and copters (helicopter-type drones) for dropping them.
West discouraging Zelensky from talks with Russia — Russian diplomat
The conflict in Ukraine could be settled quite soon but Kiev’s Western handlers are dissuading Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky from negotiating with Moscow, Russian Deputy Permanent Representatives to the OSCE Maxim Buyakevich said on Friday.
"Western countries don’t need a diplomatic settlement of the situation in Ukraine. Indeed, the conflict can be settled quite soon but external sponsors continue to forestall Zelensky from talks carried out from realistic positions," he said at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council.
"Peace in and around Ukraine will be established when NATO countries drop the idea of defeating Russia on the battlefield, no matter whose hands they are trying to do it with," he said.
"Russia is ready for substantive diplomatic contacts to achieve peace and security on the European continent. Escalation is not our choice but we are ready for any scenarios as far as the defense of our country is concerned," Buyakevich stressed.
He warned that "there is a certain threshold for the use of military technical means and when it is surpassed, politicians will lose control over the level of escalation"/ "The West is steadily approaching this threshold," he said. "Not to mention the concentration of American combat contingents in Europe, especially near our border, which is unprecedented since the end of the Cold War".
Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:
▪️ The offensive operations conducted by the Russian Armed Forces, have resulted in the complete liberation of Dvurechnoye in Kharkov region.
The soldiers of the assault detachment, acting under the cover of a forest belt, secretly entered the village and began to gradually take control of residential buildings and streets.
▪️ Army Aviation and artillery have neutralized Armed Forces of Ukraine troops and hardware in the LPR and in Kharkov region. Ukraine has lost over 70 personnel, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, 1 U.S.-manufactured M-777 artillery system, and 1 D-30 howitzer.
▪️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as the artillery of the Russian Armed Forces, have neutralized the enemy in the LPR. Up to 100 Ukrainian personnel, 4 armored fighting vehicles, one D-20 howitzer, 1 fighting vehicle equipped with Grad multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS), as well as 1 US-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar have been eliminated.
▪️ The offensive operations, conducted by the Russian Armed Forces, aviation, and artillery have resulted in the elimination of up to 125 Ukrainian troops, 2 tanks, 3 armored fighting vehicles, 5 motor vehicles, 1 D-30 howitzer, and 1 fighting vehicle equipped with Grad MLRS.
▪️ Operational-Tactical Aviation and the artillery of the Russian Armed Forces have neutralized Ukrainian troops and hardware in the DPR. Ukraine has lost over 60 troops, 1 tank, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 4 pickups, 3 U.S.-manufactured M-777 artillery systems, 1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as 1 D-20 howitzer.
▪️ Firepower operations against the Ukrainian troops and equipment have resulted in the elimination of up to 60 Ukrainian personnel, 1 Msta-B howitzer, and 2 D-30 howitzers.
▪️ The Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of Russia have neutralized 89 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, as well as manpower and military hardware in 122 areas.
▪️ A Russian Aerospace Forces fighter shot down 1 Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopter in Zaporozhye region.
▪️ Air defense units have shot down 14 rocket-propelled projectiles, launched by HIMARS MLRS, and 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past 24 hours.
▪️ Some 384 airplanes, 207 helicopters, 3,069 unmanned aerial vehicles, 403 air defense missile systems, 7,812 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,014 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 4,046 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 8,313 units of special military motor vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.
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