Horrifying new evidence of plans for #RussianWarCrimes. The representative of the People's Militia of the Donets People's Republic (a Russian puppet state), Eduard Basurin, said today that they should use chemical weapons against Ukrainian defenders at Azovstal' in Mariupol
because of the underground structure and number of defenders and also said it would save the lives of Russian soldiers. Also because Russians don't seem to care if people know that they're considering war crimes because they'll just deny them afterwards anyway.
Here's Zelensky's response to the story: nytimes.com/2022/04/11/wor…

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