CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Last month, Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky told the world in a desperate tone how Russia used almost 400 KAB glide bombs against Ukraine in just one week. “No country in Europe could have withstood such pressure and evil alone,” the President said while seeking global support.
A month later, the Kremlin has only advanced. Thanks to the use of long-range glide bombs, Russian forces have managed to pound Ukrainian defences in multiple sectors, gaining ground west of the battlefield city Avdiivka.
The Russian Air Force is lobbing 100 glide bombs a day on Ukrainian positions along the 600-mile front line, prompting Ukraine to acknowledge that the KAB glide bombs are indeed a “miracle weapon” for the Russians.
“These bombs completely destroy any position. All buildings and structures simply turn into a pit after the arrival of just one KAB. And they drop 60-80 pieces on us in one day (!!),” wrote Egor Sugar, a trooper with the Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade.
What are glide bombs? The glide bombs are Soviet-era weapons that have been retrofitted for 21st-century warfare. They are guide weapons that consist of projectiles that are dropped from Russian Su-34 and Su-35 warplanes directly over targets. However, Russia upgraded the weapon with cheap pop-out wings and a satellite navigation system, enabling its launch from deep behind the front lines. Ukraine’s air defence systems are useless since the only way the bomb can be countered is by shooting down the aircraft before it drops it.