View of the building of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague. Archival photoPARIS, April 14, Anastasia Ivanova. Incidents involving the explosion of containers with chemicals by Ukrainian nationalists will have to be considered at the site of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Russian Ambassador to the OPCW told RIA Novosti. The Netherlands, Alexander Shulgin. On April 10, the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to investigate the circumstances of another explosion by Ukrainian security forces of a tank with chemicals in the city of Rubizhne. According to the People's Militia of the LPR, Ukrainian nationalists continue to use terrorist methods against civilians of the LPR. «According to the provisions of the CWC, any chemical that, due to its chemical effect on life processes, can cause death, incapacitation or permanent harm to a person, is a chemical weapon, if it was used for purposes prohibited under the convention. In this regard, such incidents may well fall under the scope of the CWC and will have to be considered at the OPCW site,» Shulgin commented. «Zarya» in the city of Rubezhnoye, as a result of which there was a release of toxic substances, the People's Militia of the LPR reported. According to her, more than 40 thousand tons of sulfuric, hydrochloric, nitric acid and ammonia remain on the territory of Zarya, «a possible explosion of which will cause irreparable damage to the ecology of the region, destroy all life within a radius of 30 kilometers, and also endanger the lives of more than 300 thousand people living in Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Zolote and Seversk.
