Ukrainian authorities condemn the deaths of at least four people, including two children, in attacks by Russian forces and the alleged use of “phosphorus bombs in the Luhansk region”. “The Russians attacked the Luhansk region in the night with rockets and phosphorus ammunition. There are four dead,” said the head of the region, Serhiy Gaidai, in a message published on Facebook, warning that “the number of victims could fall much higher” after similar complaints arrived from the mayor of Irpin yesterday.
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According to Gaidai, in the last 24 hours 31 buildings, including 23 houses, were damaged or destroyed, and there were attacks on the settlements of Kreminna, Lysychansk, Novodruzhesk, Rubishne, Severodonetsk. “The situation in Rubishne is very difficult because of the active fighting in the city,” he said, adding that the Russians “began to use heavy weapons” and “Russian air forces began dropping phosphorus bombs on Rubishne.”
The areas are outside the zone controlled by the selfproclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, which was recognized by Russia in February before the invasion began. Yesterday, Gaidai reported the deaths of two children after an attack by Russian forces in Rubizhne that hit an apartment in a building, killing a total of three people.
Russia has denied using phosphorus bombs after allegations were made by Ukrainian authorities. “It’s absolutely wrong, it’s wrong, the Russian army cannot use these types of bombs, which are banned by international conventions and the UN,” Russian Embassy spokesman in Paris Alexander Makogonov told BFMTV, answering a question to the allegations that came yesterday from the Mayor of Irpin. “It’s not our way. I assure you,” Makogonov said.