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Russian guided bombs could soon reach Kyiv

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Russian guided aerial bombs are reportedly reaching distances of up to 150 kilometres, creating growing problems and losses for Ukrainian forces.
  • A Ukrainian officer involved in missile defence said Ukraine has no weapon to counter the bombs directly and must instead target the aircraft carrying them.

Russian guided aerial bombs are creating increasingly serious problems and losses for Ukraine as they reach farther across the front, Postimees reports.

The bombs, known as KABs, can now reportedly be launched from distances of up to 150 kilometres. That expanding range raises the possibility that they could soon reach Kyiv, according to the article’s headline.

This is a growing problem because their KABs are flying farther and farther.

· Ukrainian officerThe officer, who works on missile defence projects, described the expanding range of Russian guided bombs.

“We have no weapon against them, and we will not get one. We simply have to shoot down the Russian aircraft carrying them, but that is difficult,” a Ukrainian officer involved in missile defence projects told Postimees.

We have no weapon against them, and we will not get one. We simply have to shoot down the Russian aircraft carrying them, but that is difficult.

· Ukrainian officerThe officer explained Ukraine’s stated difficulty in directly countering the bombs.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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