Russia has nearly unlimited supplies of the bombs, which are adapted from Soviet-era stockpiles.
By Associated Press, Lori Hinnant, Vasilisa Stepanenko and Hanna Arhirova, Associated PressFILE - Firefighters put out a fire after two guided bombs hit the Epicenter shopping complex in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 25, 2024. The sign reads"Garden Center".
Store manager Oleksandr Lutsenko said the May 25 attack hints at Russia’s aim for Kharkiv: “Their goal is to turn it into a ghost city, to make it so that no one will stay, that there will be nothing to defend, that it will make no sense to defend the city. They want to scare people, but they will not succeed.”
Nina Korsunova gets emotional as she walks inside the destroyed Epicenter shopping complex in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, June 6, 2024. The bombing of the Epicenter with glide bombs by the Russian military in May killed 19 people, including two children. In all, glide bombs have hit the city more than 50 times in 2024, according to Spartak Borysenko of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office.
Photos on Russian Telegram channels linked to the military show glide bombs being launched three and four at a time. In one launch of four bombs, the AP traced the aircraft’s location to just outside the Russian city of Belgorod, near the air base now under construction. All four bombs in the photo were headed west — with Vovchansk and Kharkiv in their direct line of fire.
For months, Ukrainian officials complained bitterly about restrictions on using Western-supplied weapons against targets in Russia, including the airfields that house Russian bombers. The United States and Germany recently authorized some targets in Russia, but many others remain off-limits. In all, the DeepState map shows 51 bases used by Russia within 600 kilometers of Ukrainian-controlled territory, including three in occupied eastern Ukraine, six in the illegally annexed peninsula of Crimea, and 32 in Russia.
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