The use of chemical weapons by Russia in Ukraine could prompt NATO to reconsider its decision not to intervene militarily in the conflict, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has said.
This follows the seizure of chemical warfare protective clothing from captured troops
Speaking to the BBC’s Sophie Raworth, Duda was asked whether he believed President Putin could be preparing to use chemical weapons.
“This is something the world has not seen on this scale since the Second World War,” he said.
“If you’re asking me whether Putin can use chemical weapons, I think Putin can use anything right now, especially when he’s in this difficult situation.
“Politically, he has already lost this war, and militarily, he’s not winning it.”
Asked whether any such use could prompt a Nato intervention, he said: “Of course, everybody hopes that he would not dare do that.
“But… if he uses weapons of mass destruction, this would be a gamechanger in the whole thing.
“For sure, NATO would have to sit at the table and they will really have to think seriously what to do, because then it starts to be dangerous, not only for Europe…, but the whole world.”
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