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Russian incendiaries burning the Kreminna Forest (streamable.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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[–] ours@lemmy.film 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That looks like white phosphorous. It burns at 2500C and sticks to things and people.

[–] 73ms@infosec.exchange 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

@ours I constantly see it said that these are actually unlikely to be white phosphorus as a reply to the videos being labeled as such...

Anyone have a longer explanation or a link to one about the range of things these kinds of attacks can be and why they might or might not be white phosphorus when it is Russia doing it in Ukraine?

@ukraine

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Burning white phosphorus (WP) releases a thick white smoke (P2O5 reacting with water in the air). So if there is no dense, white smoke, it can not be WP.

[–] 73ms@infosec.exchange 3 points 1 year ago

@Eheran Thanks, yeah I saw your other comments that provided informational links after posting this.

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