Ukraine helpless against Russian glide bombs: Putin’s key to war gains | ABC News
Russia continues to bombard Ukraine’s second largest city in a major offensive in the Northeast aided by retrofitted Soviet era Glide bombs Ukrainian officials say the latest strike on a biscuit Factory killed one person and injured 10 others workers at the plant say the constant Russian Onslaught won’t drive them away from their City we are a business that produces food what Russia’s doing is just plain and simple but they won’t manage to scare people into fleeing ke says this is the confronting reality of Russia’s Glide bomb attacks H Regional prosecutor has released security camera footage showing the moment a hardware store was targeted over the weekend at least 18 people were killed and dozens of others injured Glide bombs contributed to the fall of the Strategic city of abiva in February and now they’re being used daily in the assault on H which lies 40 km from the Russian border they’ve become one of moscow’s most effective weapons they’re relatively cheap to make and generally start out as old-fashioned dumb bombs fitted with wing kits and satellite navigation guidance systems to give them smart Precision instead of being dropped from directly over their target their pop out Wings allow them to Glide up to 70 km at high speeds they can carry explosives of up to 500 kg and leave large craters in their wake the President Vladimir zalinsky says ke urgently needs more Patriot air defense systems to counter the threat the main problem we have today Russia now uses more than 3,000 guided aerial bombs monthly against our people per month we believe it may be 35,000 missiles next month this month 3,200 thousands of Bombs Over people’s heads nobody regardless of what weapons or Preparation you have people are not able to bear this Spain has answered Ukraine’s call as Mr zalinsky presses European leaders for more Military Support he signed a bilateral security agreement with the Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez worth $ 1.6 billion do we are sending the Patriot missiles and we are preparing to send another batch of leop Tanks to Ukraine and above all the ammunition needed by the armed forces in any case we are going to continue to work with the president and his team to find out how else we can guarantee and support the air Security in Ukraine right now Ukraine has limited Manpower and artillery while it waits for US military aid but even with the right weapons Ukraine faces restrictions in how it can defend against the crossb attacks the US won’t allow Ukraine to fire its artillery shells in into Russian territory but NATO’s Secretary General says alliance members should rethink how ke can use those weapons we need to consider those national uh restrictions especially in light of the nature of the fighting now taking place in har region uh where uh where the Russians can be protected by the national border which is more or less the same as the front line for
Russia continues to gain ground in the north east of Ukraine with the use of glide bombs, which were vital to Russian forces’ earlier capture of the strategic city of Adiivka. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says an estimated 3,000 glide bombs are dropped on Ukrainian targets per month and Ukraine has few means of fending them off.
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