UK Sanctions Russian Troops for Chemical Weapons Use in Ukraine
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The UK sanctioned Russian forces that it said were involved in using chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine.
The Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense troops and their commander, Igor Kirillov, were sanctioned over the “widespread use of riot control agents and multiple reports of the use of the toxic choking agent chloropicrin,” the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in a statement Tuesday. Two Russian Defense Ministry scientific centers were also added to the sanctions list.