According to reports, both Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of using chemical weapons. Reportedly, in a meeting of the u.n. security council in New York, Friday, a representative of the russian federation claimed there was a chemical weapons facility in Ukraine which was known to the u.s. An earlier exchange between the ukrainian army and pro russian seperatists in Donbas resulted in the evacuation of women, children and the elderly, though there is a possibility that ukrainian forces struck some kind of chemicals factory.
According to reports, the uk have announced sanctions for two more oligarchs, said by a uk spokesperson to have benefited from the russian regime, the implication being corruption.