![]() ![]() ![]() Polohy is northeast of the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, where Arefyev said Russian troops continued to "use terrorist methods to intimidate the local population and persuade them to their side."Īrefyev alleged the Russians were forcing businesses "to give part of their income in exchange for a work permit. The Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration said a five-hour battle took place in the Polohy district as Ukrainian forces tried to liberate the area.Īfter units of the region's territorial defense brigade occupied part of the district, Russian reinforcements forced them to withdraw, according to Col. Ivan Arefyev, spokesperson for the military administration. The Ukrainian military has reported heavy fighting in the central region of Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday. The US had previously warned the Ukrainians that Russia could use chemical agents in the southeastern Ukrainian city, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in an interview with CNN Monday. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States could not confirm the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine but noted that they “had credible information that Russian forces may use a variety of riot control agents." On Monday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the possibility should be taken seriously, though a Mariupol official said any such attack remained unconfirmed. CNN teams on the ground have so far not seen evidence of such an attack, or any imagery from Mariupol sources to verify this. “The use of chemical weapons anywhere by anyone under any circumstances is reprehensible and wholly contrary to the legal norms established by the international community against such use,” said the statement.ĬNN cannot independently verify that there has been any kind of chemical strike in Mariupol. “In doing so, they have solemnly and voluntarily committed never to develop, produce, acquire, stockpile, transfer or use chemical weapons.” “All 193 OPCW Member States, including the Russian Federation and Ukraine, are parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention,” said the OPCW in a statement. ![]()
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