Russia reports killing up to 300 Ukrainian soldiers with ‘vacuum bomb’
Russia has claimed that it killed a significant number of Ukrainian soldiers using a “vacuum bomb,” a powerful munition that deprives the environment of oxygen to create a devastating explosion. The Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces informed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a meeting about the attack, stating that up to 300 Ukrainian soldiers were killed as a result of the precise aerial strike.
The attack targeted the deployment point of the nationalist ‘Kraken’ formation, according to Russian officials. The airstrike utilized a volumetric detonation bomb, also known as a vacuum bomb, thermobaric weapon, or fuel-air explosive. These types of weapons create destruction through the shockwave and vacuum resulting from the fuel-air mixture drawing in oxygen to sustain the detonation.
The force of such an explosion can collapse buildings, rupture organs, and provide no protection even in walls or caves. Details of the Russian airstrike were revealed during a meeting at the Joint Forces Group headquarters, where reports were given on the ongoing situation in the “zone of special military operation,” Russia’s term for the conflict in Ukraine.
The Russian officials also claimed to have destroyed several American Patriot complexes, a Vampire multiple rocket launcher, foreign-manufactured missiles, artillery systems, as well as fuel and ammunition depots in the past week. Additionally, Ukraine was said to be suffering significant losses in both equipment and manpower due to the use of high-precision weapons and attack drones.
This breaking news story will be updated as more information becomes available.