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The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said that it was "concerned" by allegations that chemical weapons had been used in Mariupol. The US has said it had credible information that Russia may use chemical agents to siege Mariupol.

Bashtanka is now a frontline refuge for thousands of ukrainians hoping to escape. every day at this church, buses drop off refugees fleeing russian occupied areas just a few miles way. this woman says she left the city of kherson after enduring weeks of bombardment. >> they break into people's homes every night, drag people out, beat them up. my neighbors were beaten up. thank god they're still alive. they're probably doing that to scare people so they're always in fear. it was horrible there. every day people are going crazy, to be honest. it's intolerable. the children, the tension is terrib...

Those willing to squeeze into Yuri's yellow school bus have made a choice not just to leave Russian-occupied Kherson, but also to leave nearly everything they have.

Over a month after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, millions of people have been forced to flee from their homes. The town of Bashtanka in southern Ukraine has become a central point for refugees from nearby Russian-occupied towns.