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What are known as vacuum bombs here in ukraine. the mayor of the southern port city of mykolaiv says his town has been bombarded with cluster bombs repeatedly. the mayor of mykolaiv oleksandr senkevych joins me now. it is good to have you. i know your city has been through so much the last few days. can you talk about the impact of cluster bombs? because these are bombs that are designed it kill people, they're designed to go after human targets. >> this is the main thing. do you hear me? >> yes. >> yes, so this is the main theme of this cluster bombs, people. they bombed us for three days. la...

High enough to melt metal. you can imagine the devastating effect phosphorus bombs would have on the human body. international chemical weapons treaties do not ban all uses of phosphorus on the battlefield, they can be used, for instance, to create smokescreens. and it has been used by many countries, including the united states, and iraq. however, it is illegal when used against human targets. as it, is russia's attacks on civilians and ukraine have already proved to be devastating, but if zelenskyy's accusation about phosphorus bombs troops proved to be true, it will represent an escalation ...

Russian force for his bonds. they killed more adults and more children. [end of translation] >> that was ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in an address to nato today accusing the russians of using phosphorus bombs against ukrainians. nbc news has not independently verified this claim, and the pentagon says it's not verified it either, but when used against people, phosphorus bombs are a horrific weapon. they can reach temperatures high enough to melt metal. you can imagine the devastating effect phosphorus bombs would have on the human body. international chemical weapons treaties do no...

Or whatever it is. >> i think there is an impact there. if you look at kids, 90% of them play video games and 85% of those video games have violent content. studies shown it increases aggressive behavior. that's not to say that kids who play violent video games or watch violent movies become mass shooters but it certainly is a contributor where have you these video games where kids are essentially engaged in violence or pleasure and are shooting at human targets and i think it sends the wrong message to children. obviously, correlation doesn't equal causation. i'm not saying that these games c...

So, i'm good with that. all those little drones, turn the sprinklers on. then everyone with a had on was good. >> greg: pete, i think what tyrus is saying is right that be an anti- drone weapons is inhuman. wars will drag out longer if you are not highly specific in your targets. if you can argue against these your allowing terrorists to have the collateral damage advantage. they will always use human targets. these weapons are designed by minimizing collateral damage by specifically's focusing on the target. so i think the argument is really dangerous. i think it's a scare tactic.