DONETSK, October 19. /TASS/. The local authorities of the eastern Ukrainian town of Gorlovka hasve reported phosphorus shells having been fired at the Golmovsky settlement on Tuesday evening.
"In the evening a cluster phosphorus bomb fell on
the Golmovsky settlement, but it did not explode. No information on casualties
or damage has been received," the press service of the municipal
government told the Donetsk News Agency on Wednesday.
The intelligence service of the self-proclaimed Donetsk
People’s Republic’s militia command reported that in September the Ukrainian
military moved more than ten trucks of ammunition to the line of contact in
Donbass, which could contain phosphorus shells. The republic’s military leadership
repeatedly reported on the Ukrainian military using phosphorus shells to attack
civilians. They also used these banned weapons to shell the Donetsk airport in
January 2015.
Source: ITAR-TASS 19-10-2016
