Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has said Russia may use chemical weapons following its invasion of Ukraine and that such a move would be a war crime.
Reuters reports that Stoltenberg told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that the Kremlin was inventing false pretexts to justify the possible use of chemical weapons:
"In recent days, we have heard absurd claims about chemical and biological weapons laboratories."Now that these false claims have been made, we must remain vigilant because it is possible that Russia itself could plan chemical weapons operations under this fabrication of lies. That would be a war crime.”
Stoltenberg added that although the Ukrainian people were resisting the Russian invasion with courage, the coming days are likely to bring even greater hardship.
They will use chemical weapons, I believe that to a level of probably. We're in the 18th day, they have not taken any key cities. They are increasingly firing on civilian targets in a clear terror campaign. It is both one small step for the Russian regime and one giant leap for mankind.