The UK government imposed sanctions on Russia's Radiological Chemical and Biological Defense (CBR) troops and their commander Igor Kirillov for using chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine.

The UK will not sit idly by whilst Putin and his mafia state ride roughshod over international law, including the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Russia's cruel and inhumane tactics on the battlefield are abhorrent.

Russian forces have openly admitted to using hazardous chemical weapons on the battlefield, with widespread use of riot control agents and multiple reports of the use of the toxic choking agent chloropicrin.

The UK government sanctioned the chemical and biological arm of Russia's armed forces and its commander Igor Kirillov

Russia has used the toxic agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention

The UK imposed sanctions on the Russian Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defence Forces (RKhBZ) and its head Igor Kirillov, citing their use of chemical weapons like chloropicrin in Ukraine.

Two Russian Defence Ministry laboratories were sanctioned for supporting the development and deployment of chemical weapons.