The Russians used banned chemical weapons, they admitted it themselves

• The Russians are dropping a chemical on Ukrainian defenders that killed soldiers on the front in 1917 and is now used on soil pests.
• The situation continues to deteriorate in several places on the front.
• ATACMS attacked Džankoj again, hitting another anti-aircraft battery.
• Maps of the day: the entire front from north to south.
• Chart of the day: on the Martyrs’ attacks during April.
• Videos of the Day: Russians claim to have hit German IRIS-T, cannot tell from footage; drone versus Russian Buk; Javelin vs Russian tank.

The information in this text is a summary of events for Thursday, May 2. The situation may be different in some places.

They are dropping a chemical on Ukrainian defenders that killed on the Italian front in 1917 and is now used on soil pests. For the first time, the use of chemical weapons during the Russian invasion of Ukraine was discussed at the very beginning during the fighting in Mariupol. At the time, the Americans and British were investigating suspicions that the Russians had used chemical weapons to drive the defenders out of underground hiding places. An indication even then was that Russian officials talked about “smoking out” Ukrainian soldiers.

The Americans now say with certainty that they have evidence of the use of chemical weapons, and on May 1 they announced new sanctions on military units and laboratories they say are involved in their use. It is also known about a specific chemical substance that the Russian army uses against Ukrainians. The Russians themselves helped with the evidence, providing it on their social networks.

During the war, there were several videos of a smoking charge falling into the trenches, but it was impossible to tell whether it was a smokestack or something worse. But the Russians have repeatedly admitted that it is something more. According to the results of the investigation, it is a chemical substance called