RUSSIA has dropped either incendiary shells or phosphorus bombs on the besieged southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to local officials. Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to the mayor of the city, told of fires burning as hot as 2,500 degrees Celcius. He added that the “fire is almost impossible to stop”. Mr Andriushchenko posted a video of the bombing of Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant on Telegram in the early hours of this morning (Sunday). He said that experts would have to investigate the true cause of the searing inferno, but that the Russians themselves claim they used incendiary shells. Commenting on the scenes, he wrote: “Hell came down to earth in Azovstal. It’s amazing how our defenders are behaving. We are all indebted to them.” Phosphorous bombs are a chemical weapon comprised of phosphates, which have the capacity to ignite on contact with air and burn as hot as 2,760 degrees according to the US military.
via express: ‘Hell came down to earth’ Russia chemical weapon fears over 2,500C ‘phosphorus bombs’