Terrorists use chemical weapons in Syria’s Aleppo – Russian Defence Ministry
Russia’s Defence Ministry on Friday said it had discovered proof of terrorists using chemical weapons against civilians and Syrian military in the outskirts of Syrian city, Aleppo. According to the ministry’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Igor Konashenkov, experts of the Russian Defence Ministry have found unexploded artillery ammunition of the terrorists containing toxic substances. An express test […]
According to the ministry’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Igor Konashenkov, experts of the Russian Defence Ministry have found unexploded artillery ammunition of the terrorists containing toxic substances.
An express test of the munitions, shell fragments and soil samples in a mobile laboratory revealed with a very high probability that the substances used were chlorine and white phosphorus,’’ Konashenkov said.
He, however, noted that a profound analysis of the toxic substances found in Aleppo would be conducted in the laboratory of the Scientific Centre of the Russian Nuclear.
Konashenkov added that analysis would also be conducted in Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, licensed by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
The situation in the contested city of Aleppo has gone downhill since several rounds of truce efforts have barely held as militants in eastern Aleppo reportedly violated the ceasefire, killing civilians.