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The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that on July 31, the Russian military, who were performing tasks in the Vasilyevka area in the Zaporozhye region, were taken to the hospital with signs of severe poisoning.
Later, the toxic substance botulinum toxin of type “B” of artificial origin was found in their body.
The Ministry of Defense emphasizes that it considers everything that happened as chemical terrorism of the Kiev regime. Official evidence will be sent to the OPCW in the near future.
In this regard, an additional investigation is underway into the poisoning of the head of the Kherson administration, Vladimir Saldo.
Botulinum toxin is the strongest organic poison and one of the most poisonous substances. Ingestion of this substance can cause botulism.In the USA during the Second World War, botulinum toxin was considered as a promising biological weapon. There is a version that botulinum toxin was used in the murder of Reinhard Heydrich (Nazi criminal, head of the main directorate of Imperial Security) by Czechoslovak resistance fighters, who were trained by British special services.