Putin Sends Thermobaric Rocket System To Ukraine As War Intensifies

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Vladimir Putin has deployed a multiple rocket launcher system which 'sucks the air out of its victims' into Ukraine as his war of occupation intensifies.



The TOS-1 Buratino fires fuel-air 'thermobaric' rockets which, when they explode, consume all oxygen in the blast zone, killing everyone in the area.



Victims can appear to have no visible external injuries but will have suffered massive internal damage.



The weapon is based on the Soviet-era T-72 main battle tank with the main turret removed and replaces with a rocket launcher system holding 30, 8.5-inch rockets. the titan launcher



The TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher, pictured here in June 2020 during Moscow's Victory Day military parade, is believed to have been deployed in Ukraine



The weapon system can fire 30-8.5inch rockets within 15 seconds. The thermobaric rockets have a range of approximately two miles with each warhead causing a 1,000-ft diameter blast zone



The TOS-1A Buratino multiple rocket launcher system can fire 30 thermobaric projectiles in 15 seconds devastating a 1,000ft-wide blast zone



The system was developed in the mid-1980s and the unguided rockets have a two-mile range.



Witnesses claim to have seen the weapon system crossing into Ukraine from Belarus, possibly heading towards Kyiv.



The indiscriminate weapon is very effective against people and lightly-armoured vehicles causing devastation within a 1,000ft diameter area.



Russians describe the TOS-1 Buratino as a 'flamethrower' but military experts say it fires a 'wall of napalm towards its victims.



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CNN reported that one of the terrifying weapon systems was seen on the back of a transport truck in Belgorod, near the northern Ukrainian border.



Charlie Gao, defence and national security commentator told The Sun: 'The Buratino and Solntsepek are very useful weapons for a military that might be going into urban combat with little regard for collateral damage.'



However, Putin's invasion has been getting bogged down by stronger-than-expected resistance from Ukrainian defence forces.



Kyiv's European allies are sending advanced weapon systems to support the defence against Russia.



Today, the Netherlands and Germany have promised to send weapons capable of taking out heavy armour or military jets and helicopters.



The Dutch are rapidly shipping 200 Stinger air defence rockets and 50 'Panzerfaust 3' anti-tank weapons with 400 rockets.



The Netherlands is also jointly considering with Germany sending a Patriot air defence system to a NATO battle group in Slovakia, it said.



This Russian multiple rocket launcher was destroyed outside Ukraine's second city Kharkiv following a battle. This system does not fire the thermobaric rocket



A Ukrainian soldier inspects the piece of Russian hardware which was no longer operational



The body of a Russian soldier was seen a few yards from the destroyed rocket system



The missiles are in addition to other equipment already promised by the Netherlands earlier this month, including rifles, ammunition, radar systems and mine-detecting robots.



Earlier on Saturday, the Netherlands said it was moving Dutch embassy staff from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv to Jaroslaw, across the border in Poland, due to deteriorating security.



Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Berlin will supply Ukraine with 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger surface-to-air missiles from Bundeswehr stocks.



He said: 'The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a turning point. It is our duty to do our best to support Ukraine in defending itself against Putin's invading army.'



Berlin also approved the delivery of 400 RPGs from the Netherlands and a request by Estonia to pass on old GDR howitzers to Ukraine. Finland had bought the howitzers in the 90s after the fall of the Berlin wall, and later re-sold them to Estonia.



Germany has a long-standing policy of not exporting weapons to war zones, rooted partly in its bloody 20th-century history and resulting pacifism. Countries aiming to pass on German weapons exports need to apply for approval in Berlin first.



Scholz had repeatedly referred to this policy in recent weeks when refusing to deliver lethal weapons to Ukraine.



Saturday's announcement was received well in Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Twitter: 'Keep it up, Chancellor @OlafScholz! Anti-war coalition in action!'



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