![]() In its latest intelligence update, the MoD said that Russia's interior ministry estimates there are some 2.8 million people living in the areas it illegally annexed in 2022 - and that access to social services and healthcare there are "conditional" on the acceptance of Russian passports. Ukrainian citizens in the occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson could face deportation or detention if they do not accept Russian passports by 1 July, according to the UK's Ministry of Defence. Milbloggers further stated that the increased range of UMPB guided glide bombs will allow Russia to increase the depth of strikes on Ukrainian positions without risking Russian aircraft being destroyed by Kyiv's air forces. They also claimed the bombs have a guidance system that includes a noise-resistant signal receiver and folding wings similar to a Kh-101 cruise missile. ![]() The ISW reports that it has observed Russian milbloggers saying Moscow's forces began conducting strikes with guided glide bombs, as opposed to unguided versions of the weapons, in unspecified areas of Ukraine. Moscow's forces had previously been observed using unguided glide bombs as recently as January. Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces spokesperson Captain Dmytro Lykhovyi said Russian forces struck Myrnohrad in the eastern Donetsk region with three universal interspecific glide munition (UMPB) D-30SN guided glide bombs, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said.Ĭaptain Lykhovyi said the weapons were essentially converted Soviet-era unguided gravity bombs. ![]() A Ukrainian military official has confirmed that Russian forces are conducting strikes in Ukraine with improved glide bombs, according to a leading US thinktank.
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