Ukraine Gate – Kyiv – March 10, 2022- Referring to British intelligence, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that it is using heavy flamethrower systems (TOS-1A) in Ukraine, which use thermal missiles.
Below is a British intelligence video showing the TOS-1A is a heavy-duty flamethrower system that uses missiles with thermobaric warheads, which has been used by Russian forces in Afghanistan and Chechnya.
Heat pressure weapons use oxygen from the surrounding air to create an extremely hot explosion, the effect of which lasts longer than conventional explosives.
It is said in the video that the effect of TOC-1A is devastating, it can destroy infrastructure, cause great damage to human internal organs and cause severe burns that lead to death.
Although the use of these weapons is strictly governed by the law of armed conflict, they are not illegal.
“It cannot be used against military targets if it endangers the civilian population,” the video shows President Putin using the TOS-1A against Ukraine. “If President Putin intentionally uses the TOS-1A system against the civilian population, this is illegal,” the statement said.
German Prosecutor General Peter Frank also launched an investigation into suspected Russian military crimes in Ukraine – the use of cluster bombs, attacks on residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure, gas pipelines, nuclear waste dumps and thermal power plants and more.