Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian guided aerial bomb close to the front-line southern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia on Feb. 7, Air Pressure spokesperson Yurii Ihnat advised Interfax-Ukraine.
Guided aerial bombs (KABs), whereas having a shorter vary than missiles, are cheaper to provide and are launched from plane inside Russian territory or Russian-occupied territories, past the attain of Ukrainian air protection.
They’re practically unattainable to shoot down as a result of they’ve heavy iron constructions, and are available extraordinarily quick from excessive altitudes, in contrast to cruise missiles or drones, in keeping with consultants.
Based on Ihnat, it was not the primary time Ukraine downed a guided bomb.
"To counter this menace, we want a complete strategy — each the usage of ground-based air protection and aviation elements to drive the carriers of those KABs so far as potential," the spokesperson mentioned, with out specifying how the goal was shot down.
His remarks got here after Telegram channels reported that Ukrainian troopers had down the guided aerial bomb on the morning of Feb. 7, allegedly utilizing experimental weaponry.
Russia frequently assaults Ukrainian front-line settlements with guided bombs. Over the previous week, a complete of 760 such bombs have been launched at Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned.
Based on the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Russian glide bombs killed 360 Ukrainian civilians in 2024, and injured 1,861, a threefold improve in fatalities, and a sixfold improve in accidents in comparison with 2023.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Hodunova