Senator Menendez: Ukraine supplied Azerbaijan with phosphorus bombs used against Artsakh
Ukraine supplied Azerbaijan with phosphorus munitions used during the 2020 war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the situation in the South Caucasus, Menendez asked U.S. Minsk Group Co-Chair Philip Reeker and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried whether they were familiar with Azerbaijan’s reported use of prohibited weapons, including white phosphorus and cluster bombs, against Artsakh during the war. However, the officials said they had not heard of them.
“But the white phosphorus is very well reported, unfortunately provided by Ukraine,” Menendez said.