Have Chemical Weapons been Used in Ukraine?

Submission Statement

While the focus of the article is on one/a few cases of RCA use in the Ukraine War, the article also serves as an excellent overview of the reasons that chemical weapons have largely fallen out of favor since World War I. While there have been a few isolated reports of Russian/Ukrainian use of tear gas/RCA, larger-scale deployment of these weapons remains unlikely, given their serious drawbacks and the stigma surrounding the use of such weapons.

Lennie Phillips OBE Senior Research Fellow, Chemical Weapons Proliferation and Nuclear Policy

Professor David Crouch Senior Associate Fellow - Specialist in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) remediation processes