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According to the Andriy Biletsky, the founder of the Azov Regimen, three persons have been affected by Russia’s chemical attack on the city of Mariupol with an unknown poisonous substance

Thousands of people trying to get out. theyve been told to leave as russia steps up its offensive in the east. kramatorsk has already been targeted. as you can see, the station, outside it, its empty. but this morning, it was packed with people, many of them women and children, trying to flee this city to safety. you can see the effects of the blast on these parked cars behind me, now burnt out. and on the pavement, you can see bags of food that they were taking for their journey to safety, alon...

The scene at kramatorsk station over the past few days — thousands of people trying to get out. theyve been told to leave as russia steps up its offensive in the east. kramatorsk has already been targeted. as you can see, the station, outside it, its empty. but this morning, it was packed with people, many of them women and children, trying to flee this city to safety. you can see the effects of the blast on these parked cars behind me, now burnt out. and on the pavement, you can see bags of f...

On these parked cars behind me, now burnt out. and on the pavement, you can see bags of food that they were taking for their journey to safety, along with dried blood thats smeared across the pavement. russia says it wasnt responsible. it even claims that it wasnt its missile. but ukraines president has dismissed those denials. the regions governor believes this was a cluster munition designed to kill and maim over a wide area. if this was a deliberate attack on civilians, then the british gover...

Born in a mykolaiv hospital this weekend. he was born in a makeshift bomb shelter there. this is how the washington post describes his first night alive, quote, mothers with newborn babies, a woman with a heart condition in elderly people who couldnt walk on their own hurriedly evacuated to the basement of a mykolaiv hospital on sunday night. as the booming thuds of artillery grew closer. they made it down to the shelter just in time. five minutes at her patients and staff had crowded into the c...

I see no adaptation at all in the russian army. what i do see is a plan. they wanted to put forces on the ground. the forces are failing. so, russia has reverted to what theyve done in the past, massive destruction using artillery, rocket fire, and if they can air force. cloud cover is low. thats probably going to affect the capability of russian aircraft to fly. but it does not affect rocket and artillery fire. and they are going to use to terrorize the citizens of all the towns theyre attackin...

Relief, and not sufficiently taking into account actions to reduce the chance of collateral damage, so the war itself as well as the conduct of the war both are illegal under international law, and vladimir putin needs to be held to account. >> and to that end, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. says shes seen video of russia moving those cluster munition, the vacuum bonds on to the battlefield, they are banned, how dangerous this kind of weaponry. what does it tell you about where this conflict is...

From cruise missiles and cluster munition. these pictures will give you some idea of the scale of the devastation. ukrainian officials say 27 civilians were killed in the last 2a hours. but remarkably, ukrainian forces still hold city. more than that they have pushed back with some success. reports overnight theyd killed the senior russian commander. major gen. vitaly gerrasimov, who was a decorated veteran of several campaigns in chechnya, crimea and syria. so yes the bombing continues — but ...

Cluster munitions. >> we have seen videos of russian forces moving exceptionally lethal weaponry into ukraine, which has no place on the battlefield. that includes cluster munition and vacuum bombs, banned under the geneva convention. >> the u.s. is also monitoring potential movement of putins tactical nukes, a senior u.s. defense official tells us they have seen nothing to cause the pentagon to believe the deterrent the u.s. and nato has in place is insufficient. one thing defense officials is ...

White house has warned there will be consequences if china provides that help. >> kaitlan collins, thank you. a human rights watch report now says cluster munition rockets were used on three separate occasions by russian forces to attack mykolyaiv. i asked him if he thinks alleged war crimes have been committed. heres what he told me. >> you have reasonable grounds to believe that alleged crimes against humanity have been committed? >> absolutely. and one thing is clear, the law is clear on th...