UK Govt has sanctioned Russian troops for their use of chemical weapons on the battlefield

Russian forces have admitted to using hazardous chemical weapons on the battlefield such as riot control agents and the toxic agent chloropicrin in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. In retaliation, the UK has sanctioned the Radiological Chemical and Biological Defence Troops of the Russian Armed Forces and their leader Igor Kirillov for deploying these weapons and disseminating Kremlin disinformation…