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Occupiers Stopped Using Guided Air Bombs In the Kherson Region, As a Result of russia’s Fighter Jets Massive Destruction

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ruassia's Sukhoi Su-34 employing a KAB-500 bomb / Open source illustrative photo
ruassia's Sukhoi Su-34 employing a KAB-500 bomb / Open source illustrative photo

After the downing of russian fighter jets in the Kherson area, the russian army stopped using guided aerial bombs

This was reported by the head of the United Coordination Press Center of the Defense of Southern Ukraine Nataliya Humenyuk.

"The work of aviation in our area of responsibility was key. The enemy made powerful use of tactical aviation, dropping guided aerial bombs both on the settlements of the right bank and on the bridgehead of the left bank.More than 330 guided aerial bombs were dropped buy occupiers during this time alone in December" Humenyuk noted.

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Occupiers Stopped Using Guided Air Bombs In the Kherson Region, As a Result of russia’s Fighter Jets Massive Destruction, KAB-500 aerial bomb with a kit that transforms the bomb into a glide bomb with satellite navigation, Defense Express
KAB-500 aerial bomb with a kit that transforms the bomb into a glide bomb with satellite navigation / Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

After December 22, when russian planes were destroyed in the direction of Kherson, "the enemy seriously thought about their actions and countermeasures."

"Since that moment, we have not recorded a single case of guided aerial bombs being dropped in our area of responsibility, neither on land nor in the waters of the Black Sea," the head of the United Coordination Press Center of the Defense of Southern Ukraine emphasized.

As Defense Express reported, Ukraine had disrupted russian aerial activity, neutralizing trio of russian Su-34 fighter-bombers in Southern direction on Friday, December 22.

Occupiers Stopped Using Guided Air Bombs In the Kherson Region, As a Result of russia’s Fighter Jets Massive Destruction, russian bomb with a UMPK kit under the wing of a Su-34 aircraft, Defense Express
russian bomb with a UMPK kit under the wing of a Su-34 aircraft / Open source illustrative photo

These aircraft, known for their deployment of precision-guided munitions including KAB bombs and Kh-59 missiles, had previously been implicated in aerial attacks against Kherson.

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