Russia has been accused of firing an unlawful chemical weapon at Ukrainian troops - just for the assault to backfire.

Russian forces in japanese Ukraine allegedly fired the banned suffocating chemical gasoline at opposition troopers, however a Ukrainian army official stated the wind blew it again in the direction of the troops.

"Russians fired a "chemical aerosol munition with suffocating impact on one of many positions," Valeriy Shershen, a spokesperson for the Joint Press Center of the Tavria Defense Force, said, according to Ukrinform's translation.

"But then the wind blew within the enemy's path."

Businessinsider.com reports that Shershen made the comments on Ukrainian TV and claimed that the chemical was prohibited.

Shershen did not identify the gas, nor say whether any Ukrainian or Russian troops were affected.

But he said the incident happened near the city of Marinka in Ukraine's japanese Donetsk area.

Ukraine has beforehand accused Russia of utilizing banned chemical compounds as a part of its invasion of the nation.

Businessinsider says this consists of claims that Russia used phosphorus — the usage of which in civilian areas is a conflict crime — in Bakhmut final month and dropped chloropicrin grenades on Ukrainian troops in December.

Politico reported that American defence officers stated on the finish of final yr that they had been involved Russia would use chemical weapons, especially considering the country had previously been accused of poisoning domestic critics.

Marinka, around 80 miles from Bakhmut, has seen intense fighting with much of the city reduced to a wasteland.

Russia claimed to have management of town, though Shershen stated his nation's forces had been pushing again as a part of its just lately launched offensive.