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Use of incendiary weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian war

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Incendiary weapons were used a number of times during the Russo-Ukrainian War. Russians were accused of using white phosphorus bombs multiple times; in the Battle of Kyiv and against Kramatorsk in March 2022, against dug-in defenders at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol in May 2022, and in Marinka over the 2022 Christmas holiday. White phosphorus is a toxic chemical, and exposure to vapors leads to long-term ailments of the body, up to permanent disfigurement and death through organ failure. The use of incendiary weapons in civilian areas violates Article 2 of the 1980 Protocol on Incendiary Weapons, which prohibits only the use of air-delivered incendiary bombs in the close vicinity of concentrations of civilians and deliberate attacks against civilians with incendiary weapons (deliberate attacks on civilians are prohibited regardless of the type of weapon used). The 1949 Geneva Conventions do not regulate the use of incendiary weapons. Additionally, Protocol I. prohibits the indiscriminate use of any weapons, not only incendiary. Both Russia and Ukraine are signatories of the 1980 Protocol on Incendiary Weapons, the former ratified it on June 10, 1982, while the latter did so on June 23, 1982.

Types of munitions Independent experts interviewed by the media stated at the end of March 2022 that there was a lack of data to unequivocally establish the type of incendiary weapons used, and some suspected some incendiary effects were produced by the 9M22S thermite incendiary submunitions fired by the Grad MLRS, which were developed by the Soviets "to discover the minimum size fragment of incendiary mix" to annihilate the enemy: "all it takes is about 5 grams – [they] developed [the 9M22S] cluster warhead to distribute these [submunitions]... Each 9N510 submunition consists of a hexagonal shell of magnesium alloy filled with a fire mixture whose main ingredients are gasoline, isopropyl nitrate and rubber... The magnesium burns briefly with a bright white light... and typically sticks to the target while burning. Attempting to scrape the mix off just spreads it, and it is not extinguished by water." A Russian observer of the Battle of Azovstal, who also blamed the 9M22S-9N510 due to its colour, lent credence to this interpretation.

During the War in the Donbas The use of incendiary weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian War was first remarked in Sloviansk in June 2014; followed late July 2014 around eastern Ukraine, then in August at Ilovaisk, and between Oleksandrivka and Chumaky in November, going on to include battlegrounds of the war in Donbas (2014–2022).

During the Russian invasion

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In the classroom: Use of incendiary weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian war is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2022 in Ukraine, February 2022 in Ukraine, March 2022 in Ukraine, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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