Ukraine asked the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague on Tuesday to investigate the alleged use of banned toxic munitions by Russia against its forces.

While it was already accused of using tear gas in its three-year war in Ukraine, German and Dutch intelligence agencies say Moscow has expanded its use of chemical weapons on the battlefield, including the use of potentially-lethal chemical choking agent chloropicrin.

Trump announces sending more weapons to Ukraine. Ukraine has requested the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), based in The Hague, to investigate the alleged use of prohibited toxic ammunition by Russia,