Russia's US embassy calls on Washington to stop spreading disinformation over chemical weapons

Russia said on Wednesday that claims by the United States and Ukraine that Russia could use chemical weapons in Ukraine were disinformation because Moscow destroyed its last chemical stockpiles in 2017

US department of state spokesman Ned Price told reporters yesterday that the United States was concerned Russia may seek to resort to chemical weapons in Ukraine, Qazet.az reports according to Reuters.

Russia’s embassy in Washington said Ukrainian radicals were preparing to stage provocations with the use of chemical weapons and that the state department’s Price was spreading disinformation.
 

“We call on Washington to stop spreading disinformation,” the embassy said in a statement. “Ned Price once again distinguished himself by his idle talk, not substantiated by a single piece of evidence.”

The claim that chemical weapons have been used in Mariupol is based on video posted by Ukrainian fighters in the area, and has not been independently verified.