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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 under a 1980 convention signed in Geneva.

White phosphorus munitions fired in eastern Ukraine: AFP
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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

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