Britain fears Russia could be setting stage to use chemical weapons | Chemical weapons | The Guardian
Britain and the US fear Russia could be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon in Ukraine after Kremlin officials alleged without firm evidence that the US had been supporting a bioweapons programme in the country.
Western officials said at a briefing on Wednesday we ve got good reason to be concerned about possible use of non-conventional weapons by Russia, reflecting the experience of chemical weapon use during the Syrian civil war.
The concern arose partly because Russia s foreign ministry had been engaged in setting the scene by making false flag claims about a biological weapons programme operating inside Ukraine.
Earlier on Wednesday, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia had documents showing evidence that the US had supported a bioweapons programme in Ukraine, involving plague, cholera and anthrax. Washington and Kyiv both denied the claims, which the US said were absurd .
Biden should say using chemical weapons would be crossing a “red line.” That should stop Putin.