UK probing claims of Russian chemical attack in Ukraine

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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain is trying to verify reports that Russia has used chemical weapons in an attack on the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, London’s top diplomat said on Monday. Western officials have previously expressed concerns that Russia, finding its February 24 invasion of its neighbor grinding into a protracted conflict, could resort to more extreme measures, including chemical weapons. “Reports that Russian forces may have used chemical agents in an attack […]