Russia Deploys New Thermobaric Rocket Launcher to Ukraine

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Likely a war crime. Russia signed an agreement in 1982 banning the use of incendiary weapons.

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1. Thermobaric Munitions

are not inherently illegal, unless intentionally utilized against civilians, which could be tricky to prove given they are set off in the air.

Russia possesses the largest Thermobaric bombs on the planet, which have a yield far higher than tactical nuclear weapons and produce far wider destruction, which is why they have no need to use nuclear weapons.

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2. They also signed a treaty in 1993 guaranteeing Ukraine's borders

in exchange for all the nuclear weapons Russia had sent there during the Cold War. Ukraine was the third largest nuclear power, behind the US and USSR.

Putin considers all former laws and treaties to be waste paper.

Russia has been using thermobaric weapons on towns since the early days of the war. Ditto white phosphorus.