<p>According to the British Ministry of Defense, Russia confirmed it indeed has used thermobaric weapons, also known as “vacuum bombs,” against the Ukrainian people. A “Vacuum bomb” uses oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion. It creates “a blast wave that lasts far longer than conventional explosives,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/russia-confirms-vaccum-bombs-thermobaric-ukraine-uk">Fox News</a> noted, adding, “Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby, meanwhile, said Wednesday afternoon that he has seen ‘no indications’ that Russia has used thermobaric weapons in Ukraine.”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/vacuum-bombs-thermobaric-russia-ukraine-rcna18127">NBC News</a> explained further:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Thermobaric weapons, or vacuum bombs, are a type of two-stage munition that create enormous explosions. Launched in a rocket or artillery shell, the first explosive charge spreads an aerosol akin to vaporized gasoline over the area. A second charge then ignites the aerosol fog, creating a huge blast, flames, a large pressure wave and a vacuum as oxygen from the surrounding air is sucked up. &#8230; Victims can be killed by the blast or the accompanying shock wave, and the subsequent vacuum can rupture people’s lungs.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>The British Ministry of Defense tweeted on Wednesday, “The Russian MoD has confirmed the use of the TOS-1A weapon system in Ukraine. The TOS-1A uses thermobaric rockets, creating incendiary and blast effects.”</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Russian MoD has confirmed the use of the TOS-1A weapon system in Ukraine. The TOS-1A uses thermobaric rockets, creating incendiary and blast effects.</p>
<p>Watch the video below for more information about this weapon and its devastating impact. </p>
<p>🇺🇦 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithUkraine</a>🇺🇦 <a href="https://t.co/d8PLQ0PhQD">pic.twitter.com/d8PLQ0PhQD</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1501621370614173701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>According to David Johnson, a retired U.S. Army colonel and a principal researcher at the Rand Corporation, the type of thermobaric weapon Russian convoys inside Ukraine have allegedly been transporting is the TOS-1A multiple rocket launcher with a range of  2.5 miles and a blast radius of roughly 1,000 feet. He stated, “Everything inside that would be vaporized, essentially.” He added, “It’s just a horrible, devastating weapon.”</p>
<p>On February 28, Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-vacuum-bomb-ukraine-invasion/">told reporters</a>, “They used the vacuum bomb today.”</p>
<p>Two days prior to that, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) had <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1497647958627598337">warned</a> on Twitter, “#Russia has now deployed TOS-1 launchers to the outskirts of heavily populated areas &#8230;  Thermobaric weapons against civilian targets have zero military purpose &#8230; It would be a war crime aimed at terrorizing &amp; slaughtering people into submission.”</p>
<p>Dr. Marcus Hellyer, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, stated, as reported by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/01/what-are-thermobaric-weapons-and-how-do-they-work">The Guardian</a>, “Russia has systems right across the spectrum … from quite small tactical weapons, to huge, air-launched bombs. The separatists that Russia was supporting in the Donbas region, they have been using them for a number of years now.” He continued, “They are not illegal even though their effects can be pretty horrific, because of that effect of creating a vacuum and sucking the air out of the lungs of defenders. &#8230; One of the things we know about Russian tactics is that they are willing to destroy everything. &#8230; It’s clear that the Ukrainians are hunkering down in some of the cities … as that continues the Russians are going to resort more and more to using … whatever weapons they have including thermobaric weapons in built-up urban areas.”</p>

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