Ukraine calls for the creation of new instruments to implement the Geneva Protocol on the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, amid violations being committed by the Russian Federation. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. He noted that June 17 marks the 100th anniversary of the Protocol on the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare. The document established an international legal ban on chemical and biological weapons, demonstrating a global consensus on the inadmissibility of weapons of mass destruction. "Unfortunately, a century later, Russia continues to undermine this consensus. Between February 2023 and May 2025, Russian occupying forces used 9,388 munitions containing hazardous chemicals. A total of 2,509 Ukrainian service members sought medical assistance for chemical exposure symptoms of varying severity," the Foreign Minister stressed.