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Hello, American Mark Levin here. Our number 877-38138-1187-38138-3811.

Of course, the state of the union speech begins when this program ends 9 p.m. Eastern time. I will be on Hannity at some point at the 11 p.m. hour.

Eastern time on Fox. He's invited me to comment on it.

My admiration for the president of Ukraine, Zelensky, grows by the hour. He's now rallying his people for the surge that will be the bloody vile attack on the people in Kiev.

And there are reports that the Russians are using vacuum bombs. I didn't even know of such things. What are vacuum bombs?

Well, vacuum bombs are some kind of a bomb that sucks the air out of your lungs. Have you ever heard of this, Mr. Reducing?

That's what they are. They're a form of, I would argue, chemical warfare. And USA Today writes that Russian forces are being accused of using the widely banned and dangerous weapons known as vacuum bombs that obliterate their victims.

Emnesty International accused Russia of using vacuum bombs or thermo barrack weapons to attack a preschool in Northeastern Ukraine while civilians took shelter. CNN reported that one of its teams had spotted a Russian thermo barrack multiple rocket launcher near the Ukrainian border on Saturday afternoon.

Oxana Makarova, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States told reporters after meeting with members of Congress on Monday the Russia had used thermo barrack weapons. They used the vacuum bomb today. He said after meeting with lawmakers, the devastation that Russia is trying to flick on Ukraine is large.

So this is a bomb aimed at blowing out these people.

Rocky said she'd seen reports but didn't have confirmation. So what are these things?

The thermo barrack weapon also known as a fuel air explosive uses a container fuel and two separate explosive charges.

According to Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch said the weapon is fired or dropped and the first explosive charge spreads the fuel in a cloud that sucks up oxygen.

Then flows around objects and into structures as the fuel cloud spreads the second charge detonates.

The explosion creates a blast wave that is most destructive in enclosed spaces buildings and foxholes.

In other words, it sucks the oxygen out of a space, out of an area.

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