Russian forces conducted approximately 4,000 chemical gas attacks in recent months using drones to drop CS gas and chloropicrin canisters on Ukrainian positions around Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut, and Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, forcing troops to flee trenches.
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Russian forces conducted approximately 4,000 chemical gas attacks in the past few months
Russian forces conducted around 600 gas attacks between February 2022 and January 2024
Drones are dropping gas canisters containing CS gas or chloropicrin over trenches
Attacks are occurring around Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut, and Pokrovsk
Chemical attacks are illegal under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
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