Posted on 03/25/2022 2:00:39 PM PDT by libh8er
Ukraine’s president has accused invading Russian forces of using white phosphorus, a controversial chemical substance that can cause severe and indiscriminate harm to civilians.
“This morning, by the way, there were phosphorus bombs. Phosphorus Russian bombs. Adults were killed again and children were killed again,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a virtual address to NATO leaders on Thursday, as the military alliance held an emergency
The Washington Post has not been able to independently verify reports of white phosphorous being used in Ukraine. Though the chemical is infamous due to the extreme damage it can cause, other incendiary weapons and chemicals used by militaries for illumination have been mistaken for white phosphorous in the past.
Asked by reporters about Zelensky’s comments on, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that Russia “has never violated international conventions.”
An industrial chemical with incendiary properties, white phosphorous can be used in conflict for a variety of reasons. When a munition containing the substance explodes, the chemical inside creates a thick white cloud. Many countries, including the United States, have used the substance to create smokescreens during conflict or to signal to troops.
But the substance itself can cause serious harm to humans, including death. White phosphorous burns at an extremely high temperature of 800 degrees Celsius and above, so if the substance comes into contact with human flesh it can burn all the way to the bone. As it reacts to oxygen, it can even reignite when bandages are removed.
The chemical can also enter the bloodstream if it comes into prolonged exposure with flesh, poisoning organs like the kidneys, liver and heart and possibly causing multiple organ failures. The smoke released by white phosphorous can also damage the respiratory system.
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CHEMICAL ATTACKS WILL BE MET IN KIND!!
“Release the Brandon!”
Sounds just like the race hoaxers in the US and their imaginary nooses.
The USA has no moral superiority in this particular regard, having used WillyPeter indiscriminately itself.
If it was Trump or any other Republican other than Romney itwould read…
“ Ukraine’s president claims, without evidence, that invading Russian forces of using white phosphorus…”
So?
WP is used for smoke, and it is great for setting stuff on fire. Mixed HE and WP is called “Shake and Bake.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a virtual address to NATO leaders...
Now there’s a reliable source.
Not a chemical attack. Had white phosphorus used on us in Afghanistan. It sets fires. But totally different than napalm. Standard HE is usually more effective.
I no longer believe anything out of Zelensky’s mouth...simply put....he’s a USA puppet.
Uncle Sham wants me?
Exactly. Saw the results in Vietnam.
So what. We used WP in Vietnam.
It’s been in use since WW1.
No real shock here. Industries use white phosphorus to manufacture chemicals used in fertilizers, food additives, and cleaning compounds. Russia makes and exports a lot of fertilizer. In the past, it was used as a pesticide and in fireworks.
The military uses white phosphorus in various types of ammunition as an incendiary agent, because it spontaneously catches fire in air.
Protocol III of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons is one of the V Russia did sign for.
Protocol I restricts weapons with non-detectable fragments
Protocol II restricts landmines, booby traps
Protocol III restricts incendiary weapons
Protocol IV restricts blinding laser weapons (adopted on October 13, 1995, in Vienna)
Protocol V sets out obligations and best practice for the clearance of explosive remnants of war, adopted on November 28, 2003, in Geneva
Protocol III on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons prohibits, in all circumstances, making the civilian population as such, individual civilians or civilian objects, the object of attack by any weapon or munition which is primarily designed to set fire to objects or to cause burn injury to persons through the action of flame, heat or a combination thereof, produced by a chemical reaction of a substance delivered on the target.
The protocol also prohibits the use of air-delivered incendiary weapons against military targets within a concentration of civilians, and limits the use of incendiary weapons delivered by other means.
The term object of attack is where it breaks down. That would be hard to prove if there were combatant troops in the immediate vicinity.
Wy69
This was claimed and debunked in Syria.
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