Typically, Russian KABs have a planning range of up to 40-60 km, and the city of Zaporozhye is located approximately 25-35 km from the current front line.
The Russians began to hit Zaporozhye with the KAB. The first strike was on September 22. On the night of September 23, Russia launched up to seven strikes on KAB in Zaporozhye, destroying 13 residential buildings and two educational institutions, injuring at least 22 civilians. On September 24, the attacks continued.
New tactics
The air strikes on Zaporozhye carried out by Russia on the night of September 22, and a new series of similar strikes on the night of September 23, became the first time that the Russian Federation dropped KABs on the city.
Typically, Russian KABs have a planning range of up to 40-60 km, and the city of Zaporozhye is located approximately 25-35 km from the current front line in the western region of Zaporozhye. Russian “military correspondents” rejoiced at these attacks in Zaporozhye, presenting them as a new expansion of the strike capabilities of the Russian army and calling on Russian troops to attack the targets of Ukrainian logistics near the city, including bridges across the Dnieper.
No one should be shot
Experts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted that some Russian and Ukrainian sources suggested that Russian troops did not use “factory” gliding guided KABs, but rather unguided FABs -250 bombs equipped with unified planning and correction modules. (UMPC). In particular, on September 20, the representative of the Ukrainian volunteer army, Sergei Bratchuk, confirmed that in the direction of Zaporozhye the Russian army began to use aerial bombs with a planning and correction module, in particular FABs.
ISW recalls that Soviet-era FABs and their UMPC modifications are still unguided bombs, although it is not yet clear whether the bombs that Russia struck in Zaporozhye on September 22 had guidance systems .
ISW analysts note that Ukrainian forces can only counter the threat of Russian glide bombs by shooting down the planes that launch them. This “further demonstrates Ukraine’s need to strengthen its air defense capabilities on the front line and in the close rear,” analysts said.
uthe gifts keep on coming
On Tuesday, September 24, Russian invaders attacked the Kommunarsky district of Zaporozhye with pre-controlled aerial bombs. Seven people were injured as a result of the attack.
According to the head of Zaporizhzhya OVA, Ivan Fedorov, private houses were also destroyed as a result of the Russian attack. Zaporozhye City Council Deputy Dmitry Gladky believes that such actions of the Russian military violate the laws and customs of war and should be qualified as a war crime.
“If we say that the weapons used by our enemies are highly accurate, we must think about proportionality and the immediate goal that the enemy, the Russian Federation, must achieve. It is clear that no military advantage has been achieved in shooting This. If we say that these weapons are not highly accurate, this is again a violation, because the parties do not have the right to use such weapons that exceed the principles of proportionality. This means that instead of legitimate targets, military targets, that is, civilian objects, will be hit. Therefore, the prosecutor’s office of the Zaporozhye region has begun. This is an international crime both under of Ukrainian and international law. Russia shows again that it does not follow international standards,” Gladky added.
In the past, many experts reported that the KAB problem could be partially solved by the appearance in Ukraine of F-16 aircraft capable of shooting down the carriers of these aerial bombs. In particular, military analyst Alexei Getman said that they can prevent Russian aviation from approaching at a distance of at least 50-70 km.
Source: korrespondent
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