Russia uses banned K-51 aerosol grenades in Ukraine – State Border Guard Service
Ukrainian border guards spotted Russian troops using prohibited chemical weapons – K-51 aerosol grenades.
The enemy dropped several such grenades from a drone on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk sector. The State Border Guard Service showed one of them that did not explode.
– In order to protect themselves from the strong irritating effect of prohibited ammunition after the explosions, border guards were forced to keep their positions in chemical protection means for some time, – the State Border Guard Service said.
K-51 was developed in the late 1970s in the USSR. These gas grenades were actively used by Russian forces during the battles for Donetsk airport in 2015.
It is very effective for the so-called smoking out of the enemy in enclosed spaces, capable of neutralizing the enemy on an area of 400 square meters.
An enemy caught in a cloud of gas, without a gas mask, is unable to resist and fire weapons, as his hands reflexively reach for his face to wipe his eyes. The respiratory tract is pierced by shortness of breath with coughing, the nasal sinuses are filled with mucus.