Rússia violou proibição global às armas químicas em guerra com Ucrânia, dizem EUA

Por Jonathan Landay e Daphne Psaledakis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Os Estados Unidos acusaram a Rússia nesta quarta-feira de violar proibições internacionais às armas químicas, ao usar o agente sufocante cloropicrina contra tropas ucranianas e ao utilizar agentes de controle de multidões como “método de guerra” na Ucrânia.

“O uso desses químicos não é um incidente isolado e é provavelmente estimulado pelo desejo das forças russas de desalojar forças ucranianas de posições fortificadas e obter ganhos táticos no campo de batalha”, disse o Departamento de Estado em um comunicado.

A embaixada russa não respondeu aos pedidos por comentários em um primeiro momento.

A cloropicrina é listada como um agente sufocante proibido pela Organização para a Proibição de Armas Químicas (OPCW, na sigla em inglês), sediada em Haia, que foi criada para implementar e monitorar o cumprimento da Convenção de Armas Químicas (CWC) de 1993.

As forças alemãs usaram o gás contra as tropas aliadas durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial, em um dos primeiros usos de armas químicas.

Mais cedo neste mês, a Reuters publicou que o exército ucraniano afirmava que a Rússia havia intensificado seu uso ilegal de agentes de controle de multidão, no momento em que busca seus maiores avanços no leste ucraniano em mais de dois anos.

Rússia e Ucrânia trocaram acusações de violação do tratado em reuniões da OPCW, mas a organização disse que não foi formalmente solicitada a abrir uma investigação sobre o uso de substâncias proibidas no território ucraniano.

(Reportagem de Jonathan Landay e Daphne Psaledakis)

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