PRO-RUSSIAN cronies person claimed Vladimir Putin has dropped the world's astir almighty non-nuclear weaponry connected Ukraine.
Dubbed "The Father Of All Bombs", scary footage is said to amusement the infinitesimal the devastating weaponry erupts into a elephantine fiery shot followed by a mushroom unreality of smoke.
The video, shared by pro-Putin "Z-channels" connected Russian Telegram sites, shows the already blitzed Vovchansk successful Kharkiv portion being targeted by the deadly ODAB-9000 thermobaric oregon fuel-air explosive.
Despite the video it is yet to beryllium confirmed by Ukraine or Russian officials if the weaponry utilized was really the ODAB-9000.
Many experts person rubbished the proposition that Putin would driblet specified a almighty limb successful his arsenal connected the country without a bully reason.
Some judge the weaponry whitethorn alternatively beryllium the little almighty ODAB-1500 thermobaric bomb.
Others person speculated that the monolithic detonation resembles the aftereffects of the fearsome FAB-3000 aerial bombs utilized by Vlad’s forces against Ukraine.
Another mentation is that it was the adjacent little almighty FAB-1500 version, assertion Fighterbomber transmission connected Telegram.
Sources accidental that successful the improbable condition that it was the ODAB-9000 that was dropped past it would necessitate a specializer pitchy to transport it implicit Ukraine.
The explosive is truthful dense that it would person to beryllium deployed from a Russian strategical bomber specified arsenic the Tu-160, Tu-95 oregon Tu-22M3.
None of these jets were recorded arsenic being successful the country successful caller days.
The craft would've had to alert successful truthful adjacent to the crushed that it would've been easy detected and perchance changeable down by a surface-to-air missile.
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The ODAB-9000’s payload creates a blast that generates aggravated unit and heat, which tin beryllium lethal adjacent to individuals sheltered wrong buildings oregon bunkers.
It is designed to destruct force positions implicit a wide country including entrenched infantry and lightly fortified structures.
The fuel-air detonation creates a prolonged blast question and a vacuum, which tin illness buildings and origin interior injuries to those successful its radius.
Ukrainian source Colonel Vitaliy Sarantsev said the assertion whitethorn person been a Russian bid to demoralise Ukraine by “intimidating the section colonisation and destabilising the region”.
Spokesman for the Kharkiv Regional Military Command has besides denied the ODAB-9000 claim.
Russian warfare expert Sergei Karnaukhov and governmental expert Yury Baranchik some commented connected the reports saying they judge them to beryllium true.
Baranchik wrote online: “In Volchansk, the Russian service utilized the ODAB-1500 vacuum weaponry for the archetypal clip - according to different sources, the ODAB-9000.
“The media calls this weaponry 1 of the astir almighty non-nuclear munitions successful the satellite - which is true.
“The estimated wide of the explosive is 7,100 kg. Although determination is small authoritative information connected this munition, the outer effects are obvious.”
Multiple different Russian channels besides published akin reports.
Even esteemed Ukrainian media root Anton Gerashchenko said helium was alert of the worrying claims.
He said: “Z-war correspondents study alleged usage of a super-powerful weaponry successful Volchansk.
"Some subject bloggers assertion that this is the archetypal usage of the ODAB-9000 vacuum bomb. It is besides called the ‘Daddy of each bombs’.
“It is the astir almighty non-nuclear munition successful the world.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ilya Yevlash has antecedently said the Russians person "an highly ample fig of them".
“One specified weaponry is susceptible of destroying a multi-story building.”
The explosive video comes conscionable a fewer days earlier the Russian tyrant's momentous 72nd day connected October 7.
Russian officials are said to beryllium ever looking to acquisition the dictator a fig of “presents” for his birthdays.
With 1 mentation saying Putin is enactment to beryllium handed a caller bomb.
Another contiguous his Kremlin pals are hoping to springiness Putin is the subject summation of Vuhledar successful Donetsk region.
Russian forces anticipation to snatch the onshore distant from the Ukrainians aft months of furious fighting.