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The Deputy Chief of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Eduard Basurin threatens the use of chemical defence troops.

All options would be on table in response to any use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia, James Heappey, the Armed Forces minister, has said.

His comments came as foreign minister Liz Truss said Britain was working with its partners to verify the details of reports Russian forces may have used chemical agents in an attack on Mariupol.

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