09:12 07.01.2016

Ukrainian intelligence service reports TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system near Donetsk to OSCE SMM

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Ukrainian intelligence service reports TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system near Donetsk to OSCE SMM

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine has handed over to representatives of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE the data about the presence of heavy military equipment banned under the Minsk agreements in a number of populated areas of the temporarily occupied territory in Donetsk region.

The OSCE SMM "were provided with the information about the presence of tanks and the TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher, which are banned by the Minsk agreements, near the towns of Novohryhoryivka, Makiyivka and the city of Donetsk," the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate reported on Wednesday.

The TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system is a Soviet 220mm 30-barrel or 24-barrel multiple rocket launcher thermobaric weapon mounted on a T-72 tank chassis.

The TOS-1 was designed for defeating enemy personnel in fortifications, open country, and in lightly armored vehicles. The TOS-1 can be used in both offensive and defensive missions to provide support to infantry and tanks.

The TOS-1 was developed by the Design Bureau of Transport Machine Building based in Omsk in the late 1980s and small numbers were used in military operations in the early 1990s.

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