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Ukraine published a new video showing one of its Soviet-era aircraft striking bridges in Russia. It identified the munitions it used as the GBU-62 JDAM-ER glide bomb.
Ukraine used long-range drones to strike a Russian airbase in the Volgograd region overnight. The attack caused blasts at warehouses storing glide bombs, a Ukrainian security source said.
Russia is intensifying glide bomb attacks on Ukrainian defenses. It is adapting old Soviet bombs into powerful new weapons. Russia is making their use a "priority", a Ukrainian official said.
The Ukrainian army intends to expand its mobile units, which are primarily tasked with shooting down drones, in the regions most frequently targeted by Russian strikes, Zelenskyy said on Telegram. He also said that Ukraine is working on producing its own glide bombs as part of a domestic missile program.
During a major Russian assault in late November, Ukrainian troops noted Russian forces were increasingly deploying motion-sensing kamikaze drones and bombing their positions with glide bombs, while Ukrainian ammunition stocks continued to deplete. The Russians were firing eight or nine artillery shells for every Ukrainian shell.
Russia has begun using a powerful aerial bomb that has decimated Ukrainian defenses and tilted the balance on the front lines. It has done so by converting a basic Soviet-era weapon into a gliding ...
In March 2024, photos of the wreckage of a previosly unseen Russian ordnance with the "UMPB" marking surfaced in Ukraine. Preliminary analysis of the wreckage told that UMPB is a type of air-launched weapon that has a FAB-250 bomb integrated into the guidance-and-glide kit, with inertial and satellite navigation systems, ailerons, and actuators at its aft end, with a jet engine and fuel tank ...
By the time attempts to regain control had been abandoned, the drone had crossed the front line into Ukraine and, subsequently, the Russian Su-57 deliberately shot it down. Identifiable pieces of the wreckage included a large, fairly intact portion of a wing and burned parts of a UMPB D-30SN glide bomb and a turbofan engine.