the city of mariupol get completely devastated. and now there are reports of a possible chemical attack there. i want to show what we heard from the u.s. secretary of state about this. we re not in a position to confirm anything. i don t think the ukrainians are either. we had credible information that russian forces may use a variety of riot control agents, including tear gas mixed with chemical agents that will cause stronger symptoms to weaken and then give us the date entrenched ukrainian fighters and civilians as part of the aggressive campaign to the mariupol. general, mariupol is not completely cut off, isolated by the russians. we have a really know what happened there? so, i think we will not know for quite some time. as you know, the russians have already started their major offenses in the east.
seen moving through eastern ukraine near the donbas. and on tuesday, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said he could not confirm the use of chemical weapons in ukraine, but noted there is credible information that russian forces may use a variety of riot control agents. and here is what ukraine s president had to say about a potential chemical weapons attack. translator: given the repeated threats of russian propagandists to use chemical weapons against the defenders of mariupol and its repeated use by the russian army such as foss rouse munitions in ukraine, the world must respond now. react preventatively, because after the use of weapons of mass destruction, any response will not change anything, and it will only look like a humiliation for the democratic world. and now we re hearing from the russian president vladimir putin who says peace talks are at an impasse, and the war, he says, will good on. translator: we have again
shelling in residential areas above a shipping yard. you can also see russian-backed military forces moving through streets near mariupol in the dunet sk region, and as for reports yesterday of a possible strike involving chemical substance of some kind in mariupol, there has been as of now no confirmation of that from either the ukrainian government or the united states, but secretary of state tony blinken did say this earlier today. we had credible information that russian forces may use a variety of riot control agents, including tear gas, mixed with chemical agents that would cause stronger symptoms to weaken and incapacitate entrenched ukrainian fighters and civilians as part of the aggressive campaign to take mariupol. so this is a real concern. it s a concern that we had from before the aggression started.
we had credible information that russian forces may use a variety of riot control agents, including teargas mixed with chemical agents, that would cause stronger symptoms to weaken and incapacitate entrenched ukrainian fighters and civilians, as part of the aggressive campaign to take mariupol. a huge manhunt is underway for a gunman opened fire on a new york subway train during rush hour. the gunman flooded a train carriage with smoke from two gas canisters before shooting, injuring ten people. police say they ve recovered a handgun and a range of potential incendiary devices. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, is following the story.
the weeks to come. this next phase of the war could be decisive, but it will also be bloody. jonathan beale, bbc news, kramatorsk. the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it is concerned about unconfirmed reports of chemical agents being used in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol. the international watchdog said it was monitoring the situation closely. the us secretary of state, anthony blinken has also expressed his concern. the reports you are referring to, we aren t in a position to confirm any either. let me say this we had credible information that russian forces may use a variety of riot control agents, including tear gas mixed with chemical agents, that would cause stronger symptoms to weaken and incapacitate entrenched ukrainian fighters and