Sunday, May 4, 2025
Ukrainian sea drone downs Russian fighter jet in world-first strike — Russia used thermobaric weapons in drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukrainian prosecutors say — Russian drone attack on Kyiv injures 11 people, including 2 children, damages shopping mall — France to ramp up AASM Hammer smart bomb production for Ukraine … and more
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#Russian forces used drones with #thermobaric #warheads in mass attack on #Kharkiv injuring at least 51
Kharkiv Prosecutor’s Office said the strike involved 15+ loitering munitions (drones)
Investigators found Russian drones carried thermobaric munitions, a type of weapon known for generating powerful blast waves, high-temperature clouds vaporising targets. It may be violation of #humanitarian law
There were not any military targets,
Ukrainian forces destroy #Russian #thermobaric #munitions #depot in Donetsk Oblast, General Staff reports
The post was accompanied by a #video of the strike near the town of #Selydove in the embattled #Pokrovsk district — an initial #explosion is followed by a spectacular series of much larger subsequent #explosions in what appears to be the detonation of material on the ground.
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine
Thermobaric explained:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60571395
Ukrainian soldiers destroy Russian thermobaric ammunition depot in Donetsk region
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukrainian-soldiers-destroy-russian-thermobaric-1740744542.html
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Donetsk #Selydove #Armee #update #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders #thermobaric #ammunition
#перемогаYкраїни
Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia’s Oryol Oblast and destroys 200 #Shaheds on Jan 26
The strike targeted concrete structures housing 'thermobaric #warheads for #drones, causing a significant secondary detonation.
“The results and extent of the damage are being specified, but it is preliminary known that more than 200 ‘Shaheds’ will no longer be used against our country,”
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine #UkrainianDrones #thermobaric
Russia producing thermobaric drones, capable of causing #grotesque civilian harm
#Thermobaric #warheads create high pressure wave of heat capable of penetrating thick walls
Damage from thermobaric #drones cause damage that is simply terrifying for #civilian populations to endure, including collapsed lungs, crushed eyeballs, and brain damage, according to a source familiar with Russian drone production.
#RussianTerrorists #terrorists #escalation #colonialism #invasion
What is the dangerous thermobaric bomb?
The kill mechanism against living targets is unique & unpleasant
Pressure wave kill:
More importantly, the subsequent vacuum, ruptures lungs, crushes eyeballs & brain damage
If fuel does not detonate, victims will be severely burned and will probably also inhale the burning fuel
Most common FAE fuels are highly toxic & proves as lethal as with most chemical agents.
AP: Russia is making drones with thermobaric warheads alongside hundreds of decoy drones. The decoys are meant to overwhelm Ukrainian defenses so the thermobaric drones get through to cause horrific injuries and deaths.
(AP) #Russia #Ukraine #thermobaric #terror #drones
https://apnews.com/article/2f904b04fcc5de17549415a974f5a92b
Russia using #thermobaric munitions in #ChasivYar
Thermobaric munitions destroy & burn everything in their path
Thermobaric weapons literally suck the air from lungs of living beings [Ref: https://theconversation.com/what-are-thermobaric-weapons-and-why-should-they-be-banned-178289]
#Russian attacks are primarily focused on the southern part of the town. Ukrainian defenders still hold the town
#RussianAggression #Thermobaric #Civilians #RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine
#Lebanon / #Palestine / #Israel 🇱🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱: #Hezbollah carried out a missile strike against #IDF soldiers in a building in #Shtula, Upper #Galilee.
The group seemingly used an #Iran-made 🇮🇷 9M133-1 'Dehlavieh-TB' #Thermobaric missile to carry out the attack.
In #Beeri, a #kibbutz town overrun by #Hamas on #Oct 7, one dead fighter had a notebook w/hand-scrawled Quranic verses & orders that read, simply, “Kill as many people & take as many #hostages as possible.” Others were equipped w/ gas canisters, handcuffs & #thermobaric grenades designed to instantly turn houses into infernos.
Each was like a piece from a grisly puzzle, a snippet of fine detail from a #terrorist operation that called for hundreds of discrete #crimes in specific locations.
#Myanmar's military used fuel-air explosive in airstrike that killed 160: ‘Human Rights Watch accused the military of dropping…a #thermobaric…bomb on a crowd…gathered for the opening of a local office of the…resistance movement…in Myanmar's central #Sagaing Region on April 11…about 110 kilometres north of Mandalay… The attack caused "indiscriminate & disproportionate civilian casualties …& was an apparent #WarCrime," the New York-based group said. | Grant Peck AP/ABC. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-09/myanmar-military-acused-of-using-fuel-air-explosive/102324566
