{"id":1345961,"date":"2022-02-26T12:52:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1345961"},"modified":"2022-02-26T17:52:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T22:52:43","slug":"russia-sparks-outrage-after-deploying-terrifying-weapon-system-to-ukraine-a-war-crime-aimed-at-slaughtering-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-sparks-outrage-after-deploying-terrifying-weapon-system-to-ukraine-a-war-crime-aimed-at-slaughtering-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Sparks Outrage After Deploying Terrifying Weapon System To Ukraine: \u2018A War Crime\u2019 Aimed At \u2018Slaughtering People\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-sparks-outrage-after-deploying-terrifying-weapon-system-to-ukraine-a-war-crime-aimed-at-slaughtering-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1345961&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/TOS-1-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Russian military has sparked outrage for reportedly deployed TOS-1A heavy flamethrower systems to Ukraine, which experts say could be used to carry out war crimes if used against civilian targets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system is designed for providing fire support to infantry and tanks, defeating enemy manpower from open and closed firing positions in a variety of offensive and defensive combat, as well as disabling light armored vehicles and transport,\u201d a fact sheet <a href=\"http:\/\/roe.ru\/pdfs\/pdf_4470.pdf\">states<\/a> about the weapon. \u201cCombined target destruction is achieved through effects of high temperature and overpressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The paper states that the system is armed with \u201cunguided artillery rockets with thermobaric warheads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A CNN camera crew spotted the weapons system on Saturday afternoon near the Ukrainian city of Belgorod. The report said that there was not yet any evidence that thermobaric weapons had been used during the invasion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The russian army has deployed the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower which shoots thermobaric rockets, the was South of Belgorod. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XCxMI3bNB3\">pic.twitter.com\/XCxMI3bNB3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frederik Pleitgen (@fpleitgenCNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fpleitgenCNN\/status\/1497519335350452231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThermobaric missiles contain a highly explosive fuel and chemical mix and send out supersonic blast waves that can rip buildings and bodies apart,\u201d The Telegraph <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2022\/02\/25\/vladimir-putin-poised-unleash-terrifying-new-weapon-battle-kyiv\/#:~:text=Thermobaric%20missiles%20contain%20a%20highly,would%20cause%20%22indiscriminate%20violence%22.\">reported<\/a>. \u201cMoscow has previously employed them in Chechnya and Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Russia<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> has now deployed TOS-1 launchers to the outskirts of heavily populated areas,\u201d Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) wrote on Twitter. \u201cThermobaric weapons against civilian targets have zero military purpose. It would be a war crime aimed at terrorizing &#038; slaughtering people into submission.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather grim intelligence briefings today on fears that Russians frustrated by unexpected resistance will unleash thermobaric weapons and indiscriminate shelling on Kyiv in a bid to break through with horrific consequences for civilians,\u201d Catherine Philp, a correspondent for the Times of London, wrote on Twitter. \u201cThis is grim news if you\u2019ve followed Russia\u2019s military conduct in Syria and its use of these weapons in place like Aleppo. These are not weapons to be used on civilian populated centers. We are looking at war crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">this is grim news if you&#8217;ve followed Russia&#8217;s military conduct in Syria and its use of these weapons in place like Aleppo. These are not weapons to be used on civilian populated centres. We are looking at war crimes. 2\/2<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catherine Philp (@scribblercat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scribblercat\/status\/1497338481852387331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThermobaric bombs are known as vacuum bombs,\u201d Philp continued. \u201cThey suck oxygen into the blast and can cause awful internal injuries, especially to the lungs. We have seen this before from Russia, especially in Aleppo, Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Western intelligence official told Philp: \u201cMy fear, I think, is that if that continues to be a scene where they are delayed, Russia uses indiscriminate use of indirect fire, particularly artillery systems, thermobaric weapons, which we know, the Russia [sic] has both in its armory, and has used in previous conflicts. My fear would be that if they don\u2019t meet the timescales and objectives that they would, they will be indiscriminate in the use of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026. both in its armoury, and has used in previous conflicts. My fear would be that if they don&#8217;t meet the timescales and objectives that they would, they will be indiscriminate in the use of violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catherine Philp (@scribblercat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scribblercat\/status\/1497343278630551553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian military has sparked outrage for reportedly deployed TOS-1A heavy flamethrower systems to Ukraine, which experts say could be used to carry out war crimes if used against civilian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1345961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1345961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1345961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1345961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}