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Sunday, March 13, 2022
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Sunday, March 13, 2022
Moscow accused of phosporous gas attacks in Donbas
A senior Ukrainian police officer has accused Russian forces of launching phosphorous bomb attacks in the eastern region of Luhansk.
International law prohibits the use of white phosphorous shells in heavily populated civilian areas, but allows them in open spaces to be used as cover for troops.
Oleksi Biloshytsky, head of police in Popasna, around 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Lugansk city, says Russian forces used the chemical weapon in his area.
“It’s what the Nazis called a ‘flaming onion’ and that’s what the Russcists (amalgamation of ‘Russians’ and ‘fascists’) are dropping on our towns. Indescribable suffering and fires,” he writes on Facebook.
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