In Zaporizhzhia, Russian troops shelled the village with phosphorus munitions

In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian occupation forces, that launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine, fired phosphorous bombs at the village of Novodanylivka.

This was announced by the spokesman of the oblast military administration Ivan Arefyev on Facebook.

“As a result of artillery shelling with phosphorus munitions in the village of Novodanylivka, Polohy district, the roof of a residential building on Khrustalkova Street caught fire. Units of the State Emergency Service of Zaporizhzhia region eliminated the consequences. No one was injured in the fire”, the statement said.

It is noted that in the Polohy direction the enemy is trying to hold the occupied territory, conducting air reconnaissance with unmanned aerial vehicles and firing at the Ukrainian military and local population from multiple rocket launchers.

In addition, the military administration warned that there is still a high threat of the enemy using missile weapons against military and civilian infrastructure across the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as the possibility of Russian occupiers attempting to advance towards the city of Zaporizhzhia.

Subsequently, the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Zaporizhia Oblast published a photo from the fire scene caused by artillery shelling with phosphorus munitions.

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“No one was injured in the fire. 1 unit of equipment and 7 personnel were involved from the State Emergency Service”, the agency summarised.

As is known, the use of phosphorus bombs is prohibited by the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Victims of War (Protocol of 1977) and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.