Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the planned US supplies of chemical, biological and radiation protection equipment to Ukraine were not based on data on the use of weapons of mass destruction in the conflict zone. DEA Novosti.
The supplies are part of a new $800 million U.S. military aid package. announced at the White House.
Kirby said that the US wanted this help in Ukraine.
“Is this based on a particular, credible threat of use on a particular block? Number. But this certainly comes from our long-term understanding that the Russians have the potential to use such weapons,” he said.
Former Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported About the preparation of a provocation by the SBU with the use of toxic substances.
Before that, the Russian Embassy in Washington accused US officials deliberately delay the destruction of chemical weapons. The diplomatic mission recalled that in 2017 Russia destroyed its stockpiles of chemical weapons, and this was recorded by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Then, State Department spokesman Ned Price said that Russia could use chemical weapons in Ukraine. These accusations are the embassy of Russia in the USA. in your name unfounded and provocative.