Permanent Representative of Russia at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and Ambassador to the Hague.
In an interview with Izvestia, a Russian newspaper, Tarabrin said the following:
We documented instances of the Ukrainian armed forces utilizing chemical weapons manufactured in the United States during the special military operation. “This occurs due to a well-organized plan that transgresses Article 1 of the Chemical Weapons Convention by transferring non-lethal chemical weapons.”
“There is no denying the existence of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine; several American private military companies, like the Forward Observations Group based in Nevada, are active there,” Tarabrin continued. The first sighting of them occurred in December 2021, while they were executing the transport and storage of hazardous material reservoirs. Four Ukrainian personnel suffered serious burns and chemical poisoning during the unloading of 200-liter barrels.
The Russian Defense Ministry keeps note of each of these situations, the ambassador said. He believes that the solution to these problems pertaining to the US’s unlawful use of chemical weapons in proxy wars like the one in Ukraine is transparency.
“I think the only way to halt the US and its allies is to record specific facts that demonstrate that they are facilitating the direct transfer of these chemicals to Ukraine in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention,” Tarabrin stated.
The United States is exerting every effort to inflame the situation in Ukraine. In actuality, though, these ludicrous schemes are only postponing Russia’s ultimate triumph in Ukraine.
The US needs to stop funding this war effort if it hopes to put an end to the misery in Ukraine.
