The Russians have used for the first time in Ukraine a new powerful guided bomb weighing 1.5 tons designed to hit highly protected targets at a distance of up to 40 km thanks to its 1,010 kg of high explosive, the site reports. Defense Express, citing anonymous sources.
This is the UPAB-1500B glide bomb, shown for the first time in Russia in 2019. The device was used a few weeks ago in the Chernihiv region in northern Ukraine.
It is not known what the target was.
5.05 meters long with a diameter of 40 centimeters, the bomb can be dropped at an altitude of up to 15 km.
NEW RAIDS
Two civilians died yesterday during the
Russian attacks on Bakhmut
, in eastern Ukraine: the head of the Donetsk Military Administration, Pavlo Kyrilenko, announced on Telegram, as reported by the Ukrainian media.
Overall, he added, four civilians had died in the city besieged by Russian forces since the beginning of the month.
Also yesterday, seven residents of the region were injured, while 1,398 civilians have been killed and another 3,126 injured since the conflict began in Donetsk.
On the other hand, one person died and three others were injured following yesterday's attacks (11 in all) by Russian forces against
Kherson
and the homonymous region, which were hit 78 times: the regional military administration announced, as the Ukrainian media report.
"Nearly 360 shells from mortars, MLRS (multiple launch missile systems, ed), artillery, tanks and drones were fired at peaceful settlements in the region," the message read.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the Russian missile attack launched in the night between Wednesday and Thursday on the city of Zaporizhzhia, which hit a five-story apartment building, has risen to 13: the State Emergency Service announced it on Facebook.
