The Pan Afrikanist Watchman

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation possesses the information related to the preparation of provocations by the Ukrainian regime with the support of the United States and NATO countries in order to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of using chemical, biological or tactical nuclear weapons.

Recently Western senior officials have made regular provocative ‘warning’ statements. The mass media propagate the possibility of using weapons of mass destruction by Russia. For example, National Security Advisor J. Sullivan has commented on Biden’s words that the USA “in kind” to the possible use of weapons of mass destruction by the Russian Federation.

On February 27 the American permanent representative to the UN Greenfield accused Russia of the intention to use chemical and biological weapons ‘under a false flag’ for intimidating the Ukrainian population and the international community.

Such provocations have already been implemented many times by the USA for achieving its goals. The most vivid example of such a fake is the speech of the US Secretary of State Colin Powell on February 5, 2003. The vial with laundry detergent in his hands provided a pretext to invade Iraq and caused death of half a million civilians.

In 2017, the widely spread photographs of the ‘White Helmets’ that showed people taking samples in a site of the alleged sarin attack and using simple gauze bandages, while the people standing around lacked any personal protection equipment, caused a missile attack on Shayrat airfield in Syria.

And in 2018, a staging of the Syrian children who had been allegedly poisoned by chlorine caused the destruction of a scientific research centre in Barzeh and Jamra. Only the testimony of the witnesses of those developments who had been brought by the Russian Federation to the Hague have opened the eyes of the international community on these events.

Now the staged provocations could be implemented in Ukraine in the chemical and biological facilities located in Kharkov and Kiev. There also may occur a provocation in the nuclear energy facilities such as Zaporozhie Nuclear Power Station.

In addition, the possible Ukrainian strikes at the radioactive waste storage facility at the former Chemical Plant in the village of Kamenskoye in Dnipropetrovsk Region cause concern.

Such moves would be aimed at accusing Russia of using prohibited weapons with the subsequent implementation of the so-called «Syrian scenario» in which the state is subjected to economic and political isolation, as well as exclusion from international organizations, including the UN Security Council. Moreover, people who would be labeled as “involved” could be prosecuted through the mechanisms of the International Criminal Court.

The other purpose is to put pressure on the countries loyal and friendly to the Russian Federation, which didn’t support sanctions against it, to compel them to impose restrictions including the full embargo on energy from the Russian Federation.

Russia doesn’t have plans to use weapons of mass destruction. With the current level of technical equipment of the international nuclear test monitoring system the launch of tactical nuclear missile would be detected immediately.

The Russian chemical arsenal was completely destroyed on September 27, 2017, which is confirmed by an OPCW certificate. The biological weapons programs in the USSR were also phased out in 1972.

At the same time, the United States, with its strong financial, economic and technical potential, is the only member of the Chemical Weapons Convention that still possesses an impressive arsenal of chemical warfare agents (672.5 tons).

Moreover, the number of U.S. biological laboratories is incomparable to other countries. According to existing information Washington controls 336 laboratories in 30 countries, which is of great concern.

In fact, today the United States is the only state in world history that has openly used the weapons of mass destruction. They dropped nuclear bombs during the Second World War on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the use of toxic chemicals in Vietnam and Iraq – all these crimes were not properly assessed by relevant international organizations.

According to available data, in January 2022, Ukraine purchased more than 50 devices through intermediary organizations, which can be used to apply biological and chemical agents. It is a matter of concern that on 9 March Russian reconnaissance units in Kherson Region discovered three unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with 30-litre containers and equipment for spraying agents.

On April 21, 2022, a container with ampoules was dropped onto the position of Russian troops from a drone. It was planned that their destruction would cause a chemical reaction, an explosion, and fire, releasing toxic substances not included in the convention lists.

The chemical analysis of these substances is carried out in the laboratory of the Scientific Center of the Russian Defense Ministry, accredited by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW technical secretariat will be informed about the results of this test in the prescribed manner.

In an attempt to discredit the special military operation of the Russian troops, the Kiev regime sponsored by the USA and NATO is able to implement provocations in the near future that will lead to the death of tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens and cause an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe.