The local public of Bakhmut reports that the Russian punitive forces used phosphorus bombs, which are prohibited by the Geneva Convention, during the attack on the city.
**Phosphorus ammunition - a type of incendiary ammunition equipped with white phosphorus or incendiary substances based on white phosphorus mixed with other substances.
White phosphorus belongs to a group of incendiary substances that spontaneously ignite and burn using oxygen from the air.
During combustion, white phosphorus develops a temperature of up to 1300 °C. The burning temperature of phosphorus ammunition is from 900 to 1200 °C.
Combustion is accompanied by abundant release of thick, caustic white smoke and continues until the access of oxygen stops or all the substance burns out.
When white phosphorus comes into contact with human skin, it causes severe burns (thermal and chemical) due to phosphorus itself and its combustion products.
White phosphorus is poisonous, the lethal dose for a person is 0.05-0.15 grams. White phosphorus dissolves well in body fluids and is quickly absorbed when ingested.
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