Ukraine president says Russia claimed its forces could use chemical weapons against the defenders of Mariupol as city’s mayor says death toll could surpass 20,000
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More than 10,000 civilians have died in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the city’s mayor has said.
Vadym Boychenko said the death toll could surpass 20,000, as weeks of attacks and a lack of food and supplies have left bodies “carpeted through the streets” in an interview with the Associated Press.