There were even claims that the Russian army poured ‘white phosphorus bullets’. As a Ukrainian police officer said, white phosphorus bombs are deadly in fragments and smoke. It is an internationally banned weapon.
Correspondent Lee Han-joo.
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The bomb explodes, spreading debris and smoke.
The white phosphorus in the bomb meets the air and creates hot debris and poisonous gas.
White phosphorus ammunition banned by the international community as a weapon of mass destruction.
Just inhaling this smoke can kill a person.
When fragments of white phosphorus coal enter the human body, they burn and cause extreme pain.
Olexi Bilosicky, chief of the Popasnasi Police Department in Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, said the Russians were pouring down white phosphorus shells.
Ukraine’s parliamentary human rights officer also posted a photo on Facebook, claiming that the Russian military used white phosphorus bombs in eastern Ukraine.
Archyde.com reported that the Ukrainian side had not yet verified the claims.
On the other hand, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Ukraine first used white phosphorus on the 1st.
It seems that the international community should investigate and verify the use of illegal weapons in the future.
White phosphorus bombs have been controversial since the US military used them during the war in Afghanistan.
The United States denied that white phosphorus was used at the time, and rather claimed that the Taliban used white phosphorus bombs.
(Screen source: Turkish public broadcaster TRT)
(Video design: Choi Seok-heon)
