Ukrainian authorities have accused the Russian armed forces of using phosphorous shells to bomb the small town of Marinka in eastern Ukraine.
“The Russians used phosphorus shells (…) in Marinka,” a town of tens of thousands of people before the Russian invasion began on February 24, the head of the military administration of the Danetsk region, Pavel Kirilenko, said via Telegram.
“About ten fires (s.s. due to the shells) were contained and controlled by the staff of the national emergency service,” he continued.
Shells, more broadly phosphorus weapons, are incendiary. Their use is prohibited against civilians, but not against military targets, under a convention signed in 1980 in Geneva.
Russia denied on March 25 that it had committed any violation of international law, although it had been repeatedly accused by Kyiv of using such ammunition since the invasion began.
“The towns of Georgievka, Novokalinovo and Oceretino were also bombed,” said Kirilenko, who did not specify what weapons were used.
“No casualties were reported, but many houses were damaged,” he said.
A Russian airstrike in the village of Sloboyanske (northeast) killed a woman and her 11-year-old son, the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
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