THE HAGUE, October 8. /TASS/. Western countries coordinate and participate in the use of chemical weapons against Russian citizens, said Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Vladimir Tarabrin.

"Western countries continue to supply chemical products to Ukraine that are sensitive from the point of view of weapons of mass destruction nonproliferation. They provide intelligence information for attacks on chemical industry facilities that have serious environmental consequences, and oversee the preparation and conduct of terrorist acts against the Russian civilian population. In other words, they encourage, coordinate, and participate in the use of chemical weapons against citizens of the Russian Federation," he said at the 113th session of the organization’s Executive Council.

Tarabrin added that Russia will continue to present new evidence to the Executive Council, confirming the involvement of special units from some Western countries in the terrorist activities of Ukrainian formations involving the use of chemical substances. He said that the Russian permanent mission had previously demonstrated photographs of finished products manufactured in Western Europe, as well as video materials featuring military personnel who had suffered from chemical attacks.