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White phosphorus munitions fired in eastern Ukraine: AFP

Weapons containing phosphorus are incendiary arms whose use against civilians is banned, but they can be deployed against military targets.

CHASIV YAR (UKRAINE) - White phosphorus munitions were fired on Tuesday from Russian positions on an uninhabited area by the town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine, AFP journalists saw.

Two projectiles were fired five minutes apart at around 4:45 pm (1445 GMT) on a road at the southern edge of Chasiv Yar leading to nearby Bakhmut, the centre of the longest and bloodiest battle of Russia's year-long invasion.

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