The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

Officials from the West are examining claims that a chemical agent was used by Russian forces in a drone attack on the besieged city.

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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Britain is urgently looking at reports from Mariupol as a UK minister warned 'the use of chemical weapons is abhorrent, does cross a line, and all options are on the table for how we respond'

The city's Azov regiment reported soldiers were left dizzy and unable to breathe after a "poisonous substance of unknown origin" was dropped on them from a Russian drone.

"One of the mouthpieces of the occupiers stated that they could use chemical weapons against the defenders of Mariupol," he said.