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Pentagon: Russia Deploys Thermobaric Vacuum Bomb Launchers in Ukraine

Russia has deployed launching systems capable of sending deadly thermobaric rockets at Ukrainian targets, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters on Tuesday, a possible signal that the Kremlin is readying more terrifying weapons in order to strike fear into the population after logistical hurdles have hampered the early stages of the military campaign. 

via foreignpolicy.com

This is horrible. The Russians might as well be using poison gas, which I don’t doubt they would do if that would make the difference.