Ukraine's ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, has accused Russia of using a vacuum bomb in its invasion of Ukraine.
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"They used the vacuum bomb today, which is actually prohibited by the Geneva convention," she said. "The devastation that Russia is trying to inflict on Ukraine is large." A vacuum bomb takes oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion and produces a blast wave that is longer than a conventional explosive

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