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10-05-2022, 01:59 PM
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/160...tin-latest
In a recent firefight, a number of Russian soldiers mistakenly used the deadly TOS-1A flamethrower against their own comrades.
Victor Kovalenko, a former Ukrainian editor, tweeted: "A Russian unit on May 8 opened friendly fire on its own positions.
"The Russians annihilated their positions with troops & armour with thermobaric flamethrowers TOS-1A Sunblaze in #Zaporizhzhya province."
The TOS-1 is a multiple rocket launcher capable of using thermobaric warheads, mounted on a T-72 tank chassis.
It was designed to attack enemy fortified positions and lightly armoured vehicles.
To rub insult into injury, Ukraine's army promptly issued a letter thanking the Russians for their helpful contributions.
"The leadership of the 97th Infantry Battalion expresses its satisfaction with the actions of the Russian occupiers on May 8 2022.
"Using the heavy Solntsepek flamethrower system in the Zaporizhia direction they actually burned the racist occupiers from Ukrainian soil.
"Such actions are positively perceived and supported in every way by the Ukrainian military.
"We understand that there is a tradition of cooking kebabs in May.
In a recent firefight, a number of Russian soldiers mistakenly used the deadly TOS-1A flamethrower against their own comrades.
Victor Kovalenko, a former Ukrainian editor, tweeted: "A Russian unit on May 8 opened friendly fire on its own positions.
"The Russians annihilated their positions with troops & armour with thermobaric flamethrowers TOS-1A Sunblaze in #Zaporizhzhya province."
The TOS-1 is a multiple rocket launcher capable of using thermobaric warheads, mounted on a T-72 tank chassis.
It was designed to attack enemy fortified positions and lightly armoured vehicles.
To rub insult into injury, Ukraine's army promptly issued a letter thanking the Russians for their helpful contributions.
"The leadership of the 97th Infantry Battalion expresses its satisfaction with the actions of the Russian occupiers on May 8 2022.
"Using the heavy Solntsepek flamethrower system in the Zaporizhia direction they actually burned the racist occupiers from Ukrainian soil.
"Such actions are positively perceived and supported in every way by the Ukrainian military.
"We understand that there is a tradition of cooking kebabs in May.
