"Happening now on the frontline near the eastern city of Avdiivka, Russian forces are using white phosphorus against Ukrainians. Photos from a Ukrainian lieutenant were taken in real time moments ago as we spoke. He described the situation as madness," Christopher Miller, journalist Buzz Feed News.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported that the occupiers used prohibited Tornado-S cluster munitions in the residential sector of Krasnogorovka, Donetsk region.
Also, this night the aggressor used against the Kharkiv region Buratino — a Russian heavy flamethrower system of volley fire of 220-mm caliber based on the T-72 tank.
Thermobaric warheads explode in two stages. First, it ejects an inflammatory mixture in the form of an aerosol, then another part explodes, which undermines the aerosol sprayed around. Because of this action, thermobaric munitions have a much more powerful destruction force and blast wave.