Ukraine war: Mariupol mayor says more than 10,000 civilians killed, reports emerge of chemical weapons use | South China Morning Post

The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol said more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city, and that the death toll could surpass 20,000, as weeks of attacks and privation leave the bodies of Mariupol's people "carpeted through the streets". Speaking by phone on Monday, Mayor Vadym Boychenko also accused Russian forces of having blocked weeks of thwarted humanitarian convoys into the city in an attempt to conceal the carnage there from the outside world. It came as unverified reports emerged on Monday of Russian forces using chemical weapons in Mariupol. Reports that…