“We’re not going to let Russia gaslight the world,' said Olivia Dalton, spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
“No chemical or any other weapons of mass destruction were developed on my land. The whole world knows that,” he said.“They accuse us … that we are allegedly developing biological weapons, allegedly we are preparing a chemical attack. This makes me really worried,” he added, noting that he is the father of two children.
“It is they who are capable of this,” he said, referring to Russia. “They have already done such things in other countries … and they will do so again,” he added. “Using ammonia? Using phosphorus? What else have you prepared for us?” Zelensky said laboratories in Ukraine were “engaged in ordinary science … not military technology.” He also warned that if Russia does deploy such chemical weapons, it should prepare for the “most severe sanctions response.”
“We’ve been repeatedly convinced, if you want to know Russia’s plans, look at what Russia accuses others of,” he added.reporters on Thursday that “the use of chemical weapons in any conflict, in any context is a grave violation of international law.”
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