"The Russians used phosphorus shells () in Marinka," a town of ten thousand inhabitants before the Russian invasion began on February 24, the head of the military command of the Daniyetsk region, Pavel Kirilenko, said via Telegram.
"About ten fires (due to shells) were contained and controlled by the personnel of the National Emergency Response Service," he continued."
Shells, more broadly phosphorus weapons, are incendiary. Their use is prohibited against civilians, but not against military targets, under a convention signed in 1980 in Geneva.
Russia denied on March 25 that any violation of international law had been committed although it has been repeatedly accused by Kiev of using such munitions since the invasion began. Kirilenko, who did not specify what weapons were used.
"No casualties were reported, but many houses were damaged," he concluded.
In addition, a Russian airstrike on the village of Sloboyanske (northeast) resulted in the killing of a woman and her 11-year-old son, the press and information service of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office said on its part.
Source: APM
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