Linda Thomas-Greenfield. File photoUN, May 7.US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield accused Russia of using chemical weapons in Syria in an interview with PBS. against their own people, they used it in Syria,” Thomas-Greenfield said, without giving any evidence or support for her statement. “So we must take the threat seriously. And this is a serious threat, especially for a permanent member of the Security Council… And we will respond and hold them accountable,» she added. The diplomat also said that Russia had previously allegedly threatened to use nuclear weapons. Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense forces of the Russian Armed Forces, had previously stated that the United States had repeatedly carried out provocations about the use of chemical weapons by other countries or biological weapons, a striking example is the speech of US Secretary of State Colin Powell with a test tube of » washing powder» which led to the US invasion of Iraq.The US has revealed the cost of a new military aid package to Ukraine The US plan was developed and is a reaction to the successes of the RF Armed Forces, said Igor Kirillov, head of the troops for radiation, chemical and biological protection of the RF Armed Forces. At the briefing, he noted that one of the scenarios of provocations that the West plans to use in Ukraine to accuse Russia could be the open use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
