The world's chemical weapons watchdog on Friday said it had once again found traces of tear gas on the frontline with Russia in Ukraine's central-east Dnipropetrovsk region.

The international chemical weapons watchdog said Friday it had found the banned riot control agent CS in nine samples handed to it by Ukraine from the front line in its war against Russia. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said it had identified the toxic agent in samples from four grenade shells,

The Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons avoids accusing either Moscow or Kyiv of using the banned gas

Two laboratories of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have confirmed that Russian troops are using grenades containing prohibited chemical substances in Ukraine. Source: statement by Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Quote: "The OPCW experts,

Between February 2023 and February 2025, there have been 6,129 cases of the use by Russian occupation forces of munitions containing hazardous chemicals. The international community must hold Russia accountable for its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention.

A delegation from the global chemical weapons watchdog arrived in Damascus Saturday to meet with Syria’s new leaders for the first time since the fall of former President Bashar Assad. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had found evidence of repeated use of chemical weapons by Assad’s government during Syria’s nearly 14-year civil war.