Dutch and German intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, they said on Friday.

The main conclusion is that we can confirm Russia is intensifying its use of chemical weapons,” Brekelmans said. He warned this escalation is part of a broader trend, with Russia’s deployment of chemical agents becoming “increasingly normalized,

Two Dutch intelligence agencies said on Friday that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine, including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin. The Netherlands’ military intelligence and the security service,