Russia to submit evidence of Kiev’s chemical terrorism to OPCW

Russia is preparing official confirmation of tests taken from Russian troops hospitalized with signs of severe poisoning upon completing their mission in the Zaporozhye Region for sending to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

“The evidence of the Kiev regime’s chemical terrorism will soon be submitted to the OPCW,” the ministry said in a statement, according to Itar Tass.

Russia’s top brass reported earlier on Saturday that Russian troops on a mission near Vasilyevka in the Zaporozhye Region had been hospitalized with signs of severe poisoning on July 31.

Tests showed botulinum toxin type B was used against them. A thorough analysis by experts from a St. Petersburg-based military medicine research center confirmed the presence of this highly-toxic man-made chemical

Russian MoD: Over 100 militants, including 20 US mercenaries, eliminated in airstrikes on Ukrainian Nationalists’ positions

On the other hand, the Russian Defense Ministry said that over 100 militants including foreign mercenaries were killed in airstrike in Kharkov Region.

US mercenaries were among the foreign fighters killed in high-precision Russian airstrikes on nationalists’ positions in Kharkov Region in northeastern Ukraine, the ministry said in its daily briefing on Saturday, according to RT.

Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said Russian aircraft had struck “the positions of the nationalist unit Kraken and the units of foreign mercenaries” near the village of Andreyevka.

“More than 100 militants were killed, including up to 20 American mercenaries,” Konashenkov stated. He added that the Russian forces hit other targets in eastern Ukraine and Donbass, destroying seven command centers and intercepting six drones.

Source: Tass, RT

Hamda Mustafa