Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans urged stronger sanctions against Russia following reports of intensified chemical weapons use in Ukraine. Russian troops allegedly deployed drones to deliver chloropicrin, a toxic agent causing breathing difficulties, resulting in at least three Ukrainian deaths. Brekelmans expressed concern over the normalization and widespread use of such weapons, violating the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention. This follows similar accusations from the U.S. last year.

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