Earlier, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that Washington was supplying chemical protection kits to Ukraine.

“Ukrainians asked for this... Is it based on a specific, credible threat of use in a certain quarter, area?

No, ”RIA Novosti quotes Kirby as saying.

In March, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the countries of the alliance plan to provide Ukraine with technical means "capable of detecting chemical and biological attacks."

In turn, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that the accusations against Russia about the presence of chemical weapons are unfounded and unfounded.