Russian troops are deploying banned chemical weapons on the Ukrainians with a frightening degree of regularity.
The command of Ukraine's Support Forces reported that Russian troops are increasingly using munitions with prohibited chemicals, and it has become 'systematic' as of Friday.
Ukrainian forces documented 371 cases of usage of munition containing these forbidden chemicals over the past month, which accounted for 90 cases more than during the previous one.
Support forces said that for such attacks, Russia primarily uses K-51 and RG-VO grenades, which are delivered via drones.
In total, Russian troops have used munitions with chemicals, which are banned by the Chemical Weapons Convention, 1412 times over the past year, according to the Kyiv Independent.
"Such actions on the part of the Russian Federation are taking on a systemic pattern, and this tendency only grows," the Support Forces' report said.
On March 10, Dmytro Lykhovyi, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Tavria Group of forces, stated that Russian troops had deployed drones to release grenades containing suffocating and tear gas about 50 times within the week.
The Institute for the Study of War confirmed in December 2023 that Russian naval infantry units had utilized prohibited chemical weapons in the village of Krynky, positioned 30 kilometers northeast of Kherson.
The 1925 Geneva Protocol forbids the use of chemical and biological weapons in warfare.
