Ukraine claims that Russia dropped phosphorus bombs on Snake Island
Russian Sukhoi-30 fighter jets made two flights, dropping phosphorus bombs on Snake Island, a day after the ‘Goodwill’ retreat.
Moscow withdrew its forces from a rocky outpost in the Black Sea, just a day after Ukraine’s military accused Russia of carrying out attacks on Snake Island using incendiary phosphorus weapons.
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On Friday, on Telegram, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian military, Valery Zaluzny, sorted out two Russian Sukhoi-30 fighters that dropped phosphorus bombs off the Russian-controlled Crimean peninsula.
“Today at about 18:00 … Su-30 aircraft of the Russian Air Force struck the land island twice with phosphorus bombs,” the Ukrainian military said in a statement, using another name for Snake Island.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday described its withdrawal from the island as “a gesture of goodwill”, meant to demonstrate that Moscow interfered with UN efforts to organize protected grain exports from Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea. will not
Ukraine’s military on Friday accused Russia of being unable to “respect its own declarations”.
Video footage accompanying the Ukrainian statement showed an aircraft drop munitions on the island at least twice, with white streaks visible above it.
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A Russian airstrike upon the Snake Island that is unmanned now following their withdrawal.
Destroying the weapons they could not evacuate? pic.twitter.com/SsfGLVx7kK— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) July 1, 2022
Phosphorus weapons, which leave a signature white mark in the sky, are incendiary weapons whose use against civilians is prohibited under an international convention but permitted for military targets.
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Ukraine has accused Russia of using phosphorus bombs several times since its invasion in late February, including in civilian areas, which Moscow has denied.
Ukraine has claimed that Russian military personnel were forced to retreat from the island after being hit by artillery and missile fire.
Snake Island is located on the Ukrainian coast about 35 kilometers (22 mi) from the Danube Delta, and was already a restricted military area as a Ukrainian border post before the war began.
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Ukraine claims that Russia dropped phosphorus bombs on Snake Island
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