Read previewNew video footage appears to capture the first combat employment of Russia's 6,600-pound glide bomb in Ukraine, a highly destructive capability that analysts say could be a tremendous problem for Kyiv. The munition was outfitted with a unified planning and correction module that turns it into a glide bomb, meaning it could have been air-launched from far away. Reportedly the first video of a Russian FAB-3000 UMPK glide bomb strike. Advertisement"Russian forces have already increased guided and unguided glide bomb use against Ukraine, particularly in Kharkiv Oblast, to devastating effect," they said. Unlike conventional gravity bombs, glide bombs have flight control surfaces and are standoff weapons.

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Persons: —, VilUVEYlmJ, — Rob Lee Organizations: Service, Business, Russian FAB, FAB, Institute for, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry, Russian Defense Ministry Press Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Russian, Russia, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian