Russia used vacuum bomb against Ukraine

Russia used types of ammunitions that are strictly prohibited in many international agreements against Ukraine

Russian Armed Forces units in Ukraine struck targets in the Ukrainian city of Akhtyrka in the Sumy region with vacuum aircraft bombs.

Qazet.az reports that according to the news from the Ukrainian media, vacuum bombs are one of the types of ammunition that are strictly prohibited in many international agreements.

Mayor Pavel Kuzmenko reported that a vacuum bomb had been dropped on Akhtirkaya.

The (АВБПМ) AVBPM vacuum bomb in the Russian Armed Forces contains 7,100 kg of explosives. This means 44 tons of TNT equivalent. The radius of the bomb is 300 meters. The explosion was so powerful that the shock wave of the explosion would hit a person 2.24 km from where the vacuum bomb fell. Military experts describe the vacuum bomb as a "terrible weapon."

Military experts describe the vacuum bomb as a "terrible weapon."