US has 'no intention' of using chemical weapons

US has 'no intention' of using chemical weapons amid Russian invasion of Ukraine

The US does not intend to use chemical weapons 'under any circumstances', regardless of whether Russia uses such weapons in Ukraine, according to the White House.

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�� Staff & Agencies

25 March, 2022

The White House's National Security Adviser warned there will be a 'severe price' if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine [Getty]

The has "no intention" of using under any circumstance even if Russia uses such weapons in , White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday.

"There will be a severe price if Russia uses chemical weapons. And I won't go beyond that other than to say the United States has no intention of using chemical weapons, period, under any circumstance," he told reporters on board Air Force One.

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Sullivan said there was now a "convergence" between Western leaders on what measures to take in case Russia uses chemical weapons and added that the White House had set up a working group on the issue.

"We have made considerable efforts to put ourselves in a position to respond effectively," he said, shortly before a plane carrying US President landed in Poland -- around 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border with Ukraine.