![]() ![]() Digestive tract will react with diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting after minutes or hours.Respiratory tract starts with runny nose which will quickly turn to sneezing, hoarseness, bloody nose, sinus pain, shortness of breath, and cough.Eyes will suffer immediate irritation, pain, swelling, and tearing on contact.Skin pain and irritation within seconds of contact which will redden within 15 to 30 minutes then becoming blistered after several hours.The compound has no other medical or practical use. Its only use is as a chemical warfare agent, typically delivered by artillery shells or, less commonly, by aerial bombs. In its pure form it appears as an oily, colorless liquid but when used in weapons its color can range from amber to black. ![]() Ukrainian army chemical weapons defense teams have trained continually since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) has always considered Russian chemical attack a real possibility, he said.įirst used in combat during World War I, lewisite is a chemical compound commonly called vesicant or blistering agent, because it causes blistering on the skin and mucous membranes on contact. Kyiv Post spoke to a member of Ukraine’s reserve forces who, speaking on background, said he was not surprised the alleged chemical attack had taken place. Ukrainian chemical warfare specialists were still evaluating evidence and identification of lewisite as the chemical weapon used was preliminary, Dmyrtrashkivsky said.īy mid-afternoon on Tuesday Dmytrashkivsky’s statement was rapidly going viral across Ukrainian mass media, but the claims had yet to be independently verified. “During the artillery bombardments they use a chemical called lewisite,” Dmytrashkivsky said in a video posted on social media. Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky said that following an artillery strike against Ukrainian positions near the Donbas city of Bakhmut, soldiers showed symptoms including nausea, vomiting and, in a few cases, loss of consciousness. Russian forces are using chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Forces has claimed.Ĭol.
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