Ukrainian forces push into Kursk as Russia strikes Donetsk

On Thursday evening, Russian forces dropped a glide bomb on the town of Selydove in the Donetsk region, resulting in the deaths of two people and injuries to 11 others, including a 5-year-old child, according to "Ukrainska Pravda."

The damage in the city is immense. Twenty houses were destroyed.

Let's recall that during one of the largest attacks on Russian territory since the beginning of the war, around 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers breached the Russian border into the Kursk region with tanks and armored vehicles on Tuesday morning, under the cover of drones and artillery, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing Russian officials.

Ukrainian forces moved through border fields and forests north to Sudzha, which houses the last pumping station for Russian gas to Europe before the border.

The Russian army used glide bombs from the Cold War era, later equipped with a cheap guidance system. This enables Russian Su-34 and Su-35 aircraft to drop these bombs from a distance of several tens of miles, rendering most Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense systems helpless against such a threat.

Although glide bombs are not as precise as cruise missiles, their explosive force alone causes significant damage. According to "The Washington Post," citing analyses from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, this weapon allows Russia to avoid using free-falling bombs, which expose pilots to a higher risk of being shot down, as the aircraft must be over the target.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda/PAP/WP