{"id":34794,"date":"2022-04-12T13:47:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=34794"},"modified":"2022-04-12T13:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:47:46","slug":"the-pentagon-has-responded-to-russias-use-of-toxic-substances-in-mariupol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=34794","title":{"rendered":"The Pentagon has responded to Russia&#8217;s use of toxic substances in Mariupol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the Pentagon could not confirm reports that Russian troops had used chemical weapons in Mariupol,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 12 , April , 2022 | Ukraine News <\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon cannot confirm reports that Russian troops have used chemical weapons in Mariupol, Ukraine, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday, but officials remain concerned about Russia&#8217;s potential use of anti-riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Kirby, the Pentagon is aware of the report and will closely monitor the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;These reports, if true, are deeply concerned and reflect the concerns we have had about Russia&#8217;s potential to use a variety of anti-riots, including tear gas mixed with chemical agents, in Ukraine,&#8221; Kirby said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/\">Ukrgate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the Pentagon could not confirm reports that Russian troops had used chemical weapons in Mariupol, KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 12 , April , 2022 | Ukraine News \u00a0. Details The Pentagon cannot confirm reports that Russian troops have used chemical weapons in Mariupol, Ukraine, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday, but officials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":34795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[6651,7220],"class_list":["post-34794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ukraine-news","tag-pentagon","tag-toxic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34796,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34794\/revisions\/34796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}