GoPro footage released by Ukrainian troops conducting combat operations in the Donetsk region shows the use of RPV-16 thermobaric rocket launchers against Russian positions.

For the uninitiated, the RPV-16 was designed specifically to clear out buildings an entrenched fighting positions. The weapon works by throwing fuel into the air just before detonation with a scatter charge. Following this, the rocket explodes igniting the scatter-charge thrown fuel that is still moving inside of the fortification effectively lighting the air on fire.

Anyone inside of the weapon's kill radius dies instantly.

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