CNN correspondent Frederic Blitgen published a video on his account, documented on “Twitter”, showing a Russian military truck carrying a large rocket launcher.
Commenting on the video, Blitgen wrote: “The Russian army has deployed the TOS-1 flamethrower, which fires thermal missiles, south of Belgorod (a Russian city on the border of Ukraine).”
Thermal missiles mean those missiles that are guided by infrared radiation fired by the target.
The Heavy Rocket Launcher (TOS-1), a flamethrower weapon, is considered one of the most powerful non-nuclear weapons in the world.
The previous generation of this bomber entered service in the Soviet Army in the 1980s.
This launcher is a military machine tracked on top of it with a rocket launcher, with a smaller number than those that were in the previous version.
And the American website (washingtonexaminer) considered that bringing in these weapons means that the Russians will unleash thermal weapons and indiscriminate bombing, especially after the fierce fighting shown by the Ukrainians.
He estimated that this is “dark news”, especially if one considers Russia’s behavior in the use of this type of weapons in the past.