--- title: "US says it has no confirmation on purported Ukraine chemical attack" type: "post" post_id: "2092" slug: "us-says-it-has-no-confirmation-on-purported-ukraine-chemical-attack" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/04/12/us-says-it-has-no-confirmation-on-purported-ukraine-chemical-attack/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/04/12/us-says-it-has-no-confirmation-on-purported-ukraine-chemical-attack.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/04/12/us-says-it-has-no-confirmation-on-purported-ukraine-chemical-attack.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/04/12/us-says-it-has-no-confirmation-on-purported-ukraine-chemical-attack.txt" published: "2022-04-12T20:23:47+00:00" modified: "2022-04-12T23:21:41+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "NATO" - "Russia" - "Ukraine" - "US" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- [Link](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/us-says-it-has-no-confirmation-on-purported-ukraine-chemical-attack/2562120) **The US does not have confirmation of a purported chemical attack on Ukrainian fighters in the port city of Mariupol,** Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. **The top diplomat said neither Washington nor Kyiv are “in a position to confirm anything”** about the alleged attack on the besieged city. [Li**nk**](https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/us-cannot-confirm-use-of-chemical-weapons-in-ukraine-blinken-says) **The United States is not in position to confirm reports of the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine but was working to determine what actually happened,** US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. **Ukraine said earlier it was checking unverified information** that Russia may have used chemical weapons while besieging the city of Mariupol. “We’re in direct conversation with partners to try to determine what actually has happened,” Blinken told reporters. **Speculating:** **Mariupol is by and large under control of Russian forces therefore NATO cannot control the narrative**. **Another thought… how many western mercenaries and NATO forces etc., are in Russian custody at this time?** > [British “Soldier” Surrenders to Russian Forces in Mariupol](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/04/12/british-soldier-surrenders-to-russian-forces-in-mariupol/) 7: 13 pm EST Update # 1- [BNN Bloomberg](https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/russia-faces-hard-to-verify-claims-of-chemical-weapons-in-mariupol-1.1751420) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **“Russia Faces Hard-to-Verify Claims of Chemical Weapons in Mariupol”** **The Ukrainazis are holed up in a very large steel mill. Those places are by their nature full of chemicals**. **See the pdf below regarding toxic substances found at a steel mill not too far from me** > **Azovstal has numerous toxic substances that, if struck by munitions, could also make people sick.** > > **The plant had a number of secure bunkers that, at the time, were housing about 4,000 staff and family members. All had been pre-stocked with food and water in anticipation of a siege.** > > **Azov battalion has turned the plant into a fortress, making use of its bunkers.** > > **“Let’s look at the place. It’s a steelworks.** There’s **lots of scope in an industrial setting for conventional or incendiary weapons to cause chemical problems** because of fires and explosions,” Update # 2: **Ukraine kidnapped a Ukrainian citizen.** Very rich. With alleged ties to Russia. Specifically Putin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Zelensky offers to swap pro-Russian politician for Ukrainian prisoners](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/04/13/Zelenskyy-offers-to-swap-pro-Russian-politician-for-Ukrainian-prisoners) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ![](https://i0.wp.com/pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image-17.png?resize=580%2C365&ssl=1)Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed on Tuesday swapping **captured** pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk for Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Russia’s forces. ***“I propose to the Russian Federation to exchange this guy of yours for our boys and our girls who are now in Russian captivity,”*** Zelenskyy said in his daily address. **Medvedchuk is one of the richest people in Ukraine**. He is also **the leader of Ukraine’s Opposition Platform – For Life party, and had been under house arrest since 2021** after Ukrainian authorities accused him of treason.