Ukraine: Russian troops drop incendiary bombs on Azovstal

The Russian troops have dropped phosphorus or incendiary bombs on Azovstal in Mariupol for the first time.

"Mariupol. Azovstal. Again - from the sky, the sea, the earth. Yesterday... for the first time, incendiary or phosphorus bombs were used against the defenders of Mariupol (we will leave the conclusion to specialists),” UNIAN quotes the advisor to Mariupol mayor, Petro Andryushchenko, as saying.

According to him, Russia claims that 9M22S firebombs with thermite layers were used.

The mayor said the combustion temperature [of the bombs] is about 2,000-2,500 degrees Celsius, adding that the fire is almost impossible to stop.