Chemical weapons depot in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. File photoWASHINGTON, Apr 13 The Russian Embassy in the United States, in response to statements by State Department spokesman Ned Price that Russia could use chemical weapons in Ukraine, urged the United States not to spread disinformation and step up the process of destroying its chemical weapons.» We urge Washington to stop spreading disinformation. Instead, colleagues should step up the process of chemical demilitarization of their state. The United States is still the only country party to the Chemical Weapons Convention that has not fulfilled its international obligations. The American arsenal of weapons of this type poses a real threat to humanity,» the embassy's Telegram channel said in a statement. Russia launched a special 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 Kiev 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.
