Military Watch Magazine

Russia Uses TOS-1 Thermobaric ‘Flamethrower’ System to Take Out Entrenched Ukrainain Forces Near Krasny Liman

The Russian Armed Forces Battlegroup West have used a TOS-1 Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system to neutralise a concentration of Ukrainian ground forces near Krasny Liman. Russian forces have relied heavy on the systems to destroy entrenched hostile forces, particularly in heavily fortified positions. Commenting on the operation, commander of a special operations team of the 25th Combined Arms Army’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Unit observed: "We received an order to destroy enemy personnel near Krasny Liman. The Ukrainian armed forces were preparing to rotate personnel or possibly launch some kind of counterattack. We moved in, completed the mission with minimal adjustments, and performed ‘excellently’.”