UK imposes sanctions on Russia over chemical weapons use in Ukraine

This was announced on the government's website.

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on two individuals from Russia and a scientific research institute for their involvement in the transfer and use of chemical weapons against Ukraine.

The individuals and entities added to the sanctions list are:

• Head of the Russian Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces (RCBDF), Major General Alexey Rtishchev.
• Deputy Head of the RCBDF, Andrei Marchenko.
• Russian Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry. The institute supplied Russian forces with grenades containing tear gas RG-Vo, which were used as a method of warfare against Ukraine, in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

The restrictions include a ban on entering the United Kingdom and the freezing of the assets of the listed individuals.

• On July 4, the intelligence services of the Netherlands and Germany stated that Russia had significantly increased the use of chemical weapons against Ukraine, including the deadly chloropicrin.