The Russian occupiers used incendiary or phosphorus bombs against the defenders of Mariupol, said the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko. At the same time, the enemy himself claims that these were incendiary ammunition.

“Yesterday, for the first time, the invaders used incendiary or phosphorus bombs against the Defenders of Mariupol (we will leave the conclusion to specialists). The occupiers themselves claim that 9M22S incendiary shells with thermite layers were used,” Andryushchenko wrote on Telegram..

He added that the combustion temperature as a result of the use of such ammunition is about 2-2.5 thousand. degrees Celsius. And it is almost impossible to stop this burning..

" To Azovstal. It's incredible how our Defenders are holding up. We are all in gratuitous debt with them, ”concluded Andryushchenko.

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On the eve of the Russian enemy continued to storm the metallurgical plant in Mariupol " The invaders dropped air bombs on the defenders of Mariupol, used heavy artillery and tanks.

Recall that, according to official data, about a thousand Ukrainian soldiers are in the underground storage facilities of the Azovstal plant — from the Azov Battalion, the 12th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, the 36th separate marines brigade, border guards, policemen, volunteers, Teroborona of Mariupol. Most of them are injured. The situation is critical.

The day before, the Ukrainian military in Mariupol confirmed that they were ready to appear to a third party and remain in this country until the end of the war. At the same time, they also ask to evacuate with them the bodies of their dead brothers..