In the French foreign Ministry has no data on the use of phosphorous bombs in Ukraine
The French authorities had no information about, as if it had occurred on the East of Ukraine phosphorous bombs, said Deputy official envoy of the French foreign Ministry Alexander Giorgini.
first it was claimed that the Ukrainian authorities have asked the OSCE to test data about the application in the Donbass phosphorous munitions.
"We are not able to assure what you are saying," said Giorgini at a press conference on Tuesday, answering a question of the Ukrainian journalist.
before Thursday, the Ukrainian Military told that the village of Sands was fired incendiary shells. Zam. the chief of staff of the militia DND Eduard Bacurin, for his part, said that the message of security forces is not true. According to him, Kyiv has not given evidence.
in the past year, a non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch published a report that claimed that the Ukrainian government forces used cluster munitions in populated areas of Donetsk in early October. The use of such munitions in populated areas violates the laws of war and may constitute a war crime.
first of many militias have accused security forces in the use of phosphorous bombs. The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow is concerned about reports of the use of the Ukrainian armed forces incendiary bombs.