Ukrainian troops reported on Saturday that Russian forces are deploying white phosphorus against them near the eastern city of Avdiivka, The Guardian reported.

While these reports cannot be confirmed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NATO leaders earlier this week that Russia had used phosphorus bombs that had killed adults and children.

Israeli occupation government has refused to provide the United Nations assurance to discontinue its illegal usage of internationally banned white phosphorus bombs, which it used heavily in its latest war on the Gaza Strip, causing hundreds of Palestinian deaths.