The UK Ministry of Defense shared that Russia is using a weapons system in Ukraine with terrible effects. This weapon system cannot currently be used legally in Ukraine.
Russia, which started a large-scale ‘operation’ within the borders of Ukraine on the night of February 23 to February 24, caused a great destruction in Ukraine. from both sides thousands of soldiers and Ukrainian civilians This war, in which he lost his life, does not progress according to the laws of war, according to the newly shared information.
Many images from Ukraine showed Russia deploying the TOS-1 weapon system, which launches thermobaric rockets, which it is forbidden to use under normal circumstances. While it is suspected that this weapon system was used against Ukraine, today a statement confirming the suspicions came.
Russia uses weapons illegally:
According to the post by the UK Ministry of Defense, the Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that the TOS-1A weapon system Confirmed used in Ukraine. In addition, the Ministry also shared a video showing how this weapon system has a place within the framework of the rules.
Russia is currently prohibited from using these weapons:
- Russian TOS-1A weapon system said to have been seized by the Ukrainian army
Thermobaric rockets, which cause a very high temperature explosion by taking advantage of the oxygen around them, are not actually weapons that are illegal to use. But legal very limited uses case. According to the laws of war these weapons, in the event that the lives of civilians are endangered cannot be used against any military target. Likewise, weapons cannot be used if the damage they cause is greater than the military advantage gained or if they cause unnecessary pain.
So what effect does this weapon system have?
The thermobaric weapon, which is a type of weapon operating with heat-based pressure, can create a destructive power equivalent to a small atomic bomb with the pressure it creates. Caused by an explosion in the air very high temperature it turns out. The rocket first releases explosive material into the air where it fell, and then with the second explosion this explosive is activated. This type of weapon
- It has a longer detonation time than traditional detonation,
- Causes great damage and serious injury and death, especially in confined spaces,
- It can destroy infrastructures,
- It can cause great damage to internal organs,
- Even if the bomb does not detonate, it causes severe burns and inhalation of the burning fuel with the flammable material emitted around.
- Especially kills with pressure wave,
- It ruptures the lungs with the effect of vacuum,
- It can cause effects such as rupture of the eardrums, crushed inner ear organs, violent shaking and blindness,
- shock and pressure waves due to minimal damage to brain tissue people around him may not lose consciousness from the explosion and may persist for a few seconds or minutes. can feel the pain in all its intensity. (DIA – US defense intelligence agency)
- Those close to the explosion point literally turns it into steam. (CIA)
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About four years ago, the UK Ministry of Defense was deployed in Syria via its drones. He had stated that he had ‘accidentally’ used thermobaric bombs. It was also claimed that Apache-type helicopters of the United Kingdom Air Force used such weapons in Afghanistan.