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Why was it thwarted, the evacuation attempt? The Russians offered the corridor but the nationalists refused the civilians the offer. They use them as a human shield. What would be a human shield without humans?President Putin has crossed another line and is using thermobaric (vacuum bombs) in his barbaric attack on Ukraine.
Russia confirms use of thermobaric 'vacuum bombs' in Ukraine, UK says
Russia has confirmed its use of a thermobaric weapon system, or "vacuum" bombs, during Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.
Vacuum bombs disperse explosive material over a large area that uses surrounding oxygen as fuel when it detonates, creating a blast wave that lasts far longer than conventional explosives. Thermobaric bombs are capable of sucking the air out of person's lungs, causing them to fill with liquid, or causing a person's lungs to rupture or explode.
"The impact of the [TOS-1A] is devastating," the UK Ministry of Defense said in a video. "It can destroy infrastructure and cause significant damage to internal organs and flash burns, resulting in death to those exposed."
Russia bombs maternity and children’s hospital in Ukraine: LIVE UPDATES
The Russian military has bombed a maternity and children’s hospital on Wednesday in the key Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, where more than 400,000 people are stranded after an evacuation attempt was thwarted.www.foxnews.com
Why thank you, even your own post says what Russia did is illegal. How good of you!Are Thermobaric Weapons Illegal? Putin Accused of Vacuum Bombing Ukraine
If Russia used vacuum bombs in the manner in which they have been accused, the country may have committed a war crime.
You need me to fix any more of your ignorance?
Actually it doesn't. There is no confirmation that a vacuum bomb has been used anywhere, much less illegally.
Yes, I do.
Oh fuckin stop...it collapses lungs ruptures cerebrums...burns..blasts...and KILLS people....just like every bomb.Not the same thing at all. BUT, cute try.
The MOAB must be distinguished from the class of volumetric weapons, such as thermobaric weapons and fuel-air explosive weapons that have been used against fighters within cave complexes in Afghanistan. Those use various means to create a cloud of burning particles with a wide blast radius and intense fireball. When employed in a confined area, such as caves, thermobaric weapons can create a powerful vacuum as a secondary effect that adds to their lethality.
“The Mother of All Bombs”: Understanding the Massive Ordnance Air Blast Weapon
The Massive Ordnance Air Blast Weapon (MOAB, known informally as the “Mother of All Bombs” and formally as the Guided Bomb Unit, or GBU, 43/B) has attracted a great deal of attention since it was dropped on ISIS fighters in eastern Afghanistan on 13 April. Unfortunately, discussion of the...www.justsecurity.org
And Putin is very good at killing people
Agree, but we are stuck having to deal with it because it is a nuclear power, and that's a fact. On top of that we can't even trust our own government right now, so that's a double whammy.
