The Mayor of Mariupol says more than 10,000 civilians in his besieged city have died since the Russian invasion began.
And the leader of the Ukrainian port city fears the final death could even be double that as the UK warned of potential chemical weapons attacks.
White phosphorus is used for illumination at night or to create a smokescreen, but when it is deployed as a weapon it causes horrific burns.A destroyed armored pictured on Saturday With their offensive in many parts of the country becoming bogged down, Russian forces have increasingly relied on bombarding cities – a strategy that has left many urban areas like Mariupol devastated and killed thousands.
Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly accuse Russian forces of committing atrocities, including a massacre in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, airstrikes on hospitals and a missile attack that killed at least 57 people last week at a train station.
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