Russian forces have been accused of using the widely banned and dangerous weapons known as vacuum bombs that "Obliterate" their victims.
Amnesty International accused Russia of using vacuum bombs, or thermobaric weapons, to attack a preschool in northeastern Ukraine while civilians took shelter inside.
CNN reported that one of its teams had spotted a Russian thermobaric multiple rocket launcher near the Ukrainian border early on Saturday afternoon.
Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, told reporters after meeting with members of the U.S. Congress on Monday that Russia had used a thermobaric weapon.
"The devastation that Russia is trying to inflict on Ukraine is large." Russian forces have been accused of using the widely banned and dangerous weapons known as vacuum bombs that "Obliterate" their victims.
A CIA study said the weapons are "prone to indiscriminate use," and people closest to the explosion are “obliterated."
The pressure wave of the vacuum bomb is said to kill its victims by "rupturing lungs," and if the bomb doesn't detonate, the victims will inhale the burning fuel, according to a CIA study.
“Since the most common FAE (fuel-air explosive) fuels, ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, are highly toxic, undetonated FAE should prove as lethal to personnel caught within the cloud as with most chemical agents," the study said.
In addition, when multiple thermobaric weapons are detonated, they reinforce one another and create a stronger, more dangerous blast, the Human Rights Watch reported.
People close to the blast can experience injuries “including burst eardrums and crushed inner ear organs, severe concussions, ruptured lungs and internal organs, and possibly blindness," according to the study.
