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At 717 days of war in Ukraine, drones continue to be the most used weapon in the war and are increasingly deadly. A

Russian

attack

with several of these unmanned devices left seven people dead this Saturday, including three children, after a gas station in

Kharkov

caught fire .

The Iranian-made

Shahed drones

"hit a gas station and caused a spill of flaming fuel, which caused 14 private houses to burn," said the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov. The flames forced about fifty people in the area to evacuate, he explained.

Kharkov and the village of Veliki Burluk, further east, have been targeted by night attacks. According to Governor Sinegubov, these actions impacted civilian areas.

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Ukraine accuses Russia of stepping up chemical attacks on battlefield

Ukraine

accused

Russia

on Friday of using toxic chemicals in more than 200 battlefield attacks in January alone, a sharp increase in what it said were recorded cases of their use by Russian forces since they invaded two years ago. .

Russia

has denied accusations of chemical weapons use in Ukraine and has accused Ukrainian forces of their use, which Kiev denies. Neither party has provided evidence and Reuters has been unable to verify any use by either party.

Ukraine

has previously accused Moscow of using chloropicrin, which was used as a poison gas in World War I. The Ukrainian General Staff's latest statement highlighted CS, or tear gas, which it said Russia had used in several grenades.

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German head of government and Biden press Congress on aid to Ukraine

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, and the head of the government of Germany, Olaf Scholz, asked the US Congress this Friday to approve more funds for

Ukraine

.

"The failure of the United States Congress to support Ukraine borders on criminal negligence," Biden said as he welcomed Scholz to the Oval Office. "It is outrageous".

The German leader stated that he expects progress in unblocking Washington's aid to kyiv.

"Without the support of the United States and (...) European states, Ukraine would have no chance to defend its own country," Scholz warned.

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