The Russian army unloaded last Saturday (November 3). thermite bombsknown for her ability melt the flesh of the victims, about the city of Vuhledar (Ukraine), a city in the east of the country with a large coal production. It is about 90 km from Bakhmut where Russians and Ukrainians are fighting fiercely.
Russia continues to use brutal tactics in eastern Ukraine, but on Saturday (3/11) Vladimir Putin’s forces experienced their deadliest day since the war began, February 24 last year. Loss of over 1,000 men in 24 hours. According to “Sun”, Moscow also lost eight tanks, seven armored vehicles, four artillery pieces and four air defense systems.
Russia has repeatedly used the “flesheating” ammunition at the start of the war but is now reverting to his old tactics to break the stalemate in the region. Watch the attack on Vuledar:
A Ukrainian fighter yesterday showed Russian forces shelling Vuhledar with incendiary grenades pic.twitter.com/fTbkbidLCi
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Thermite, a mixture of metal powder and metal oxide, is used to make incendiary bombs. It burns at temperatures of over 2,400 °C, so hot it can burn steel and concrete. When it comes into contact with human flesh, can melt to the bone.
Human Rights Watch described the guns as some of the “cruelest” in the Russian arsenalsay they cause “immediate and lifelong human suffering”.
Thermite bombs are fired from Russian groundbased rocket launchers.