The Ukrainian army has repeatedly accused Russia of having used these incendiary weapons on civilian populations since the start of the war, which Moscow denies.
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A small territory that continues to be the subject of a fierce struggle. The Ukrainian army has accused Russia of dropping phosphorus bombs on Serpents’ Island in the Black Sea on Friday July 1.
“Around 6 p.m., the Russian armed forces twice carried out an air attack with phosphorus bombs on Serpents’ Island”, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhniy wrote on Telegram. He accompanied his message with a video on which we see a plane flying over Serpents’ Island and dropping at least two bombs which hit their target, leaving light white streaks appearing in the sky, a distinctive sign of the phosphorus bombs.
These incendiary weapons are prohibited against civilian targets, but not military ones, under a Convention signed in 1980 in Geneva. Ukraine has repeatedly accused Russia of using these weapons on civilians since the start of the war, which Moscow denies. The day before, the Russian army had indicated that it had withdrawn from Serpents’ Island, symbolic territory of the Ukrainian resistance, “as a sign of goodwill” after having “accomplished” them “targets set”.