OPCW Issues Report on Third Technical Assistance Visit to Ukraine Following an Incident of Alleged Use of Toxic Chemicals as a Weapon

Excerpt:  “The analyses by the OPCW designated laboratories, conducted separately and independently from one another, confirm that  all the grenades collected from dugouts at the observation post and at the resting position contained the riot control agent CS, CS-related compounds and/or their degradation products; the soil and vegetation collected from the locations where the grenades were found also contained CS, its precursors and/or its degradation products; and the soil sample collected approximately 15 metres away from one of the grenades in the incident location as well as the solvent wipe sample from the frame of remnants of the collected FPV drone also contained CS at very low levels. This is the third report released by the Technical Secretariat confirming the presence of CS, a riot control agent, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, along the confronting line. …  Under the CWC, the use of riot control agents as a method of warfare is prohibited.”