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Rachel Hagan

Russia targets civilians with 'weapons of mass destruction' bombs which rupture lungs

Vladimir Putin's forces are indiscriminately bombing Ukrainians with Russian shelling using deadly thermobaric bombs, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto has said.

Niinisto said during security policy talks at his summer residence in Naantali, Finland, that Russia has begun to use "very powerful" weapons, including illegal thermobaric bombs "that are in fact weapons of mass destruction".

Ukraine and NATO countries have also accused Russia of using thermobaric bombs, which are also known as vacuum bombs and have much more brutal consequences than conventional explosives.

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