Sylvie Claire / July 2, 2022
At about 18:00, the Russian armed forces twice carried out an air attack with phosphorus bombs on Snake Island, wrote on Telegram the Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny, accusing Moscow of not complying with its own statements.
The day before, the Russian army had indicated that it had withdrawn from this symbolic territory as a sign of goodwill, after having accomplished the set objectives.
The only thing in which the enemy is consistent is his constant +precision+ to strike, Zaluzhny blasted.
He accompanied his message with a video in which a plane can be seen flying over Snake Island and dropping at least two bombs that hit their target, leaving light white streaks in the sky, a distinctive sign of phosphorous bombs.
Phosphorus weapons are incendiary weapons whose use is prohibited against civilians, but not against military targets, under a convention signed in 1980 in Geneva.
Kiev has accused Moscow of its use on several occasions since late February, including on the civilian population, which the Russian army categorically rejects.
On Thursday, the Ukrainian army was pleased to have forced the Russians, unable to resist the artillery, to abandon the island of Snakes, located in the northwestern Black Sea.
This small island became emblematic on the first day of the Russian invasion when a member of the small Ukrainian garrison defending it told the Russian ship demanding its surrender to fuck off.
The Russian military had finally taken control of it, repelling several Ukrainian assaults, until the one on Thursday.