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Reuters
Reuters
Health
Michelle Nichols

At U.N., Russia trades barbs with U.S., UK about chemical weapons in Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a United Nations Security Council meeting, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Russia traded accusations with the United States and Britain at the United Nations on Tuesday over the possibility of a chemical weapons attack in Ukraine, but none produced any evidence to back their concerns.

The comments were made by diplomats to reporters after Russia raised the issue of an ammonia leak in Ukraine's besieged northeastern city of Sumy - blaming "Ukrainian radical nationalist groups" - during a closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting. The accusation was rejected by Britain and the United States.

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