A Russian vacuum bomb launcher. Credit: Kirill Borisenko, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0Ukraine’s ambassador to the US has alleged that Russia used a vacuum bomb during its invasion of Ukraine. According to reports, the attack was aimed at a Ukrainian army base in Okhtyrka and 70 soldiers were killed in the blast.
Michelle Bentley, Reader in International Relations at the Royal Holloway University of London explains what is the vacuum bomb.
By Michelle Bentley
The use of a vacuum bomb has yet to be independently confirmed. But in recent days CNN reported that members of its team had spotted Russian military vehicles fitted with thermobaric rocket launchers near the Ukrainian border.
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