In a report titled “Russia has no chemical weapons, they have been disposed of” published by TASS News Agency on Wednesday, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko told reporters Russia disposed of all stockpile of chemical weapons and so that, all allegations about a chemical weapon attack in Ukraine being prepared by Russia are a lie.
The DEFENDER reports that United States Joe Biden and members of his government have been carrying reports around especially to the floor of the United Nations General Assembly to say that Russian President Vladimir Putin has used chemical weapons in his military operations in Ukraine.
The dismissal of this America’s claim is yet another of many such claims that have been laid against Moscow and which has also been put out as false.
“Today, there are attempt to smear the Russian army, smear Russia, imitate this kind of allegedly Russian activities with alleged use of chemical weapons. This all is, of course, a lie. Russia has no chemical weapons, Russia fulfilled all its obligations; in 2017, we completed total disposal of chemical weapons, unlike the US, who still have not disposed of their stockpile of chemical weapons,” Matviyenko said on Wednesday.
According to the speaker, Ukrainian authorities are complicit in the spread of this disinformation in this case.
Earlier, Deputy Speaker Konstantin Kosachev opined that confident discussion of the US and the UK regarding the chemical attacks in Ukraine allegedly being prepared by Russia are worrying, adding that the shocking video footage of poisoning could have already been filmed.
On Tuesday, US Department of State spokesman Ned Price said at a press briefing that the US are concerned that Russia might want to use chemical weapons during the special military operation in Ukraine. In particular, he claimed that Russia may use a number of riot control substances, including tear gas mixed with poisonous substances.
Previously, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov stated that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), with support from Western states, is preparing a provocation in Ukraine with use of poisonous substances against civilians, in order to accuse Russia. He underscored that Russian forces involved in the special military operation do not have and cannot have chemical munitions.
