The occupiers shelled with phosphorus bombs the village of Novoiakovlivka near Zaporizhzhia

In the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian troops shelled the village of Novoiakovlivka with prohibited ammunition, including phosphorus bombs. Due to the rainy weather, the fire did not break out.

No one was injured or killed, but the shelling damaged homes, the local territorial community reported.

The use of phosphorus bombs is prohibited by the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Victims of War (Protocol of 1977) and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.

Phosphorus bombs are ammunition filled with white phosphorus (a flammable waxy substance with a pungent odor of garlic that ignites easily when in contact with oxygen). Its combustion temperature is about 800 ° C.

First aid

The damaged part of the body must be immersed in water, watered or moistened with water where the phosphorus has dropped. As soon as possible, you have to get rid of clothes to which white phosphorus particles have stuck (preferably directly in water or by continuing to water).

Rinse the affected areas of the skin with soda solution (add 1 teaspoon of soda per glass of water) or cold water. Moisten the skin and remove visible phosphorus particles (preferably underwater) with an unsharp object or tweezers. Under no circumstances should you touch phosphorus with your fingers.

If possible, cover burns with wet bandages. They should soak it with saline to prevent re-combustion of phosphorus.

You need to drink plenty of water, milk, or alkaline water without gas and take painkillers.

Hydrogen peroxide and cotton wool should not be used when treating wounds, as phosphorus breaks down into water and oxygen (it can cause a fire).

Source: Komyshuvakha territorial community

Photo: Komyshuvakha territorial community