Russian glide bombs pound Kiev’s troops (VIDEOS)
Multiple new videos emerged online over the weekend, highlighting the continuing active use of free-fall aerial bombs fitted with winged upgrade kits. Russian aircraft have been deploying glide bombs to destroy Ukrainian forces’ positions, as well as military installations in the rear beyond the frontline.
The Russian military has been actively using FAB bombs fitted with Universal Correction and Guidance Modules (UMPK) winged upgrade kits since early 2023. The winged module turns old free-fall bombs into guided high-precision munitions and drastically expands their range, allowing war planes to deploy them outside the range of anti-aircraft defenses.
The UMPKs were initially used with smaller high-explosive bombs such as FAB-250 or FAB-500, then graduating to larger munitions, such as FAB-1500 and FAB-3000 later in the conflict. The upgrade kits have also been used with thermobaric ODAB-1500 and cluster RBK-500 bombs.
In one of the new videos, what is apparently a massive FAB-3000 bomb is seen leveling a temporary deployment point for Ukrainian troops in the town of Kupyansk in Kharkov Region. The weapon is one of the most powerful in the series, weighing more than three tons.
More footage, also from Kupyansk, purports to show a winged FAB-3000 bomb striking a building used as a command post by the Ukrainian military.
Another drone video, filmed in the village of Borovaya, Kharkov Region, apparently shows a smaller-caliber winged bomb in action, likely a FAB-1500. The strike reportedly destroyed a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, a neo-Nazi unit formed from the remnants of the notorious Azov regiment.
