Claims Ukraine civilians ‘stop breathing’ as chemical weapons dropped on them by drone
Gen Richard Dannatt, former Chief of the General Staff in the UK says the situation in Ukraine is looking like genocide.
There is no doubt reviled Putin has the chemical formula to bring the world, finally, to the brink. And he sneers at the dead already in the streets when he says he’s not afraid to use it.
This is a madness beyond the original decision of our leaders and our warmongers to make them in the first place.
Among the chemicals is one that burns through your flesh at 2700c. A chemical that was mixed and grown in a lab and sold to us as a protector of peace and people.
And numerous reports say that the diminutive dictator has already taken that step beyond and has launched a chemical attack on civilians in Mariupol.
Witnesses say that victims ‘stopped breathing’ in their tracks.
Officially, Mariupol’ Azov Battalion – a far-right all-volunteer infantry military unit forming part of military reserve of National Guard of Ukraine – said ‘Russian forces have dropped a “poisonous substance of unknown origin” from a drone on military and civilian targets in the besieged port city, Mariupol. People are reportedly suffering respiratory failure and neurological problems as a result. The Regiment’s report states: “The victims have respiratory failure, vestibulo-atactic syndrome. The consequences of using an unknown substance are being clarified.”
Gen Richard Dannatt said shortly before the attack said: “I think this is quite possible that at some point the Russians might decide to use chemical weapons. I think we also have to look at who’s now in command for the operation in the east of the Ukraine, General Alexander Dvornikov, who established a pretty fearsome reputation in Syria. And certainly in Syria there is clear evidence that he and Russian forces used chemical weapons, so I’m afraid it’s quite possible that we might see chemical weapons being used. Reports are unconfirmed at the present moment. Something like this is beyond the pale, but it’s not beyond possibility.
When asked about how the west should respond, Gannett said: “I think here that Nato has been quite sensible not to set firm hard red lines. Because once you set a red line, and say if this action takes place, that we will do this or the other, and if you do cross that red line, then you become a bit hollow if you don’t carry out that action. “We are accusing Russia quite properly of war crimes, the indiscriminate shelling of civilians, which they’ve been carrying out very widely that we know about. Pressure has got to be continued to be piled on Putin and his senior people, that there are some things that are totally unacceptable, and some things that fall somewhat more within the rules of war. But virtually everything the Russians have been doing is pretty much outside the conventions of war currently.”
James Heappey, the UK armed forces minister, said: “These are appalling weapons to think about. That they are parts of the discussion is sobering. Let’s be clear, if they are used at all, then President Putin should know that all possible options are on the table in terms of how the West might respond. “It’s important to recognise that there are all sorts of ways in which these things could be used, from the use of gas which is effectively a riot control measure, all the way through to devastating lethal chemical weapons systems. “So I don’t think it’s helpful to be too binary about the situation because these things are highly nuanced. “There are some things that are beyond the pale, and the use of chemical weapons will get a response, and all options are on the table of what that response could be.“
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