Thermobaric weapons, sometimes called vacuum bombs, are high-energy explosives that consume oxygen from the air around them.
This creates a higher-temperature explosion and a longer-duration, higher-pressure blast wave than a conventional bomb, making it particularly deadly in urban environments.
Meanwhile, Russian forces overnight Friday took the town of Lyman, a railway hub some 35 miles West of Severodonetsk, the last Ukrainian holdout in the Luhansk Oblast. Invading troops also continued to work to encircle Severodonetsk, while Russian troops shelled the city Friday.Armed Forces of Ukraine/Cover Image
“There are battles on the outskirts of the city. Massive artillery shelling does not stop, day and night,” Mayor Oleksandr Striuk said. “The city is being systematically destroyed — 90% of the buildings in the city are damaged.”
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