• Ukrainian army accuses Russia of using phosphorus bombs on Snake Island.
• Russian Su-30 fighter jets bombed the island twice with incendiary munitions, Ukrainian army says.
• Moscow withdrew its troops from the rocky outcrop in the Black Sea on Thursday as a gesture of goodwill.

Just one day after Moscow withdrew its forces from the rocky outcrop in the Black Sea; the Ukrainian army accused Russia of conducting attacks on Snake Island; attacks using incendiary phosphorus munitions. According to Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, chief of the Ukrainian army; two missions of Russian Su-30 fighter planes dumping phosphorus bombs over the island; came from the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula.

“Today, about 8:00… The Ukrainian army used Zmiinyi island; another name for Snake Island, as the target of two phosphorus bomb attacks; by Russian air force Su-30 aircraft.

The withdrawal of Russian forces from the island; was characterised by the Russian defence ministry as “a gesture of goodwill”; aimed to show that Moscow will not obstruct UN attempts; to plan safeguarded grain exports from Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea.

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On Friday, the Ukrainian army charged; that Russia was unable to “follow even their own declarations.”

The Ukrainian allegation was accompanied by video footage; showing a plane dropping bombs on the island at least twice; and what seemed to be white streaks rising above it.

An international treaty forbids the use of phosphorus weapons; incendiary weapons that produce a distinctive white trail in the sky—against civilians; but permits their use against military objectives.

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