Glide bombs: How these cheap weapons are giving Russia its battlefield edge back in Ukraine

The Ukraine conflict showcases new combat innovations, especially Russian glide bombs. These weapons allow strikes from safe distances, protecting aircraft from enemy defenses. Russia uses conversion kits and purpose-built munitions to leverage vast bomb stockpiles effectively. India is also developing its own glide bo

Ukraine’s strikes are part of a continued campaign that has struck more than a dozen of online retailer distribution hubs

Meanwhile, a Russian strike on a warehouse in northeastern Ukraine over the weekend destroyed 8 million books, the publishing house said, slamming it as an attack on Ukrainian culture.

The Sunday evening onslaught killed a 71-year-old woman and wounded 31 people, including a 16-year-old girl, as the bombs damaged 22 apartment buildings in four districts of the city.

Russian planes have dropped eight powerful glide bombs on a city in southern Ukraine, killing one person and wounding dozens, according to the regional chief

Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs in a span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and wounding dozens of others, regional chief Ivan Fedorov said Monday.

Russian planes fire a salvo of glide bombs at a southern Ukraine city, killing 1 and wounding dozens  AP News

Russian planes have dropped eight powerful glide bombs on a city in southern Ukraine, killing one person and wounding dozens, according to regional chief Ivan Fedorov

Russian planes have dropped eight powerful glide bombs on a city in southern Ukraine, killing one person and wounding dozens, according to regional chief Ivan Fedorov

Russia’s Air Force sharply increased glide bomb usage vs. Ukraine, averaging 250/day Jan-Jun 2026 (up 45%). UMPK-fitted FAB bombs, launched from 60 miles away, often miss and devastate civilian areas, killing/wounding many. Ukraine’s limited defenses leave Russia free to drop ~100,000 more by 2027 and early modern figh

In our news wrap Thursday, an overnight barrage of Russian drones and missiles killed at least 10 people in Ukraine, the Georgia father whose teenage son killed four people in a 2024 school shooting was sentenced to 15 years in prison and two of soccer's regional governing bodies threatened to boycott FIFA competitions

Warsaw to consider providing Ukraine with additional Patriot missiles after suspected Russian missile falls in Poland  The Kyiv Independent

Kremlin troops batter Ukraine with across the country strikes, killing as many of ten members of the same family in latest missile and drone strikes horror of the war

Deadly Russian airborne attacks on Dnipropetrovsk province, Kyiv and the western city of Lviv appeared to have strayed into Polish territory.

Poland scrambled fighter jets after a suspected Russian Kh-101 missile entered its airspace during a massive barrage of over 70 missiles and 280 drones.

The blitz expanded Russia's almost daily bombardment of Ukrainian cities as Moscow apparently looked to exploit Kyiv's critical shortage of Western-supplied anti-ballistic missile defenses.

Russian air strikes killed at least eight people in Ukraine on Thursday, including one in Kyiv, in attacks extending as far as ‌the western city of Lviv, forcing neighboring Poland to scramble fighter jets to secure its airspace.

Russian strikes killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen others across Ukraine, authorities said on Thursday, triggering renewed calls from Kyiv for its allies to send air defence supplies. The overnight attack, which involved 74 missiles and 284 drones according to the air force, also resulted in cas

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 13 as Poland scrambles fighter jets  lbc.co.uk

Russian strikes killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen others across Ukraine, authorities said, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of Russia launching another massive attack overnight.