The nation’s air force did not given details of the munition but it is understood to have been used on 6 February to destroy a Russian guided aerial bomb (KAB) over Zaporizhzhia.
Yuriy Ihnat, a Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson, said: “This is not the first time that such an air attack vehicle has been shot down.”
These are being dropped from bombers without needing to enter the Ukrainian air defense zone.
Andriy Tsaplienko, a military correspondent, was the first to report preliminary information suggesting “an experimental weapon” was now in use.
Spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, Yuriy Ignat, reported that an "experimental" weapon was used yesterday to destroy a Russian FAB glide bomb while in flight and that it was not the first case of the weapon being successfully tested.#OSINT #Russia #UkraineWarPlease repost… pic.twitter.com/MlBebcOfGq
— OSINT (Uri) (@UKikaski) February 7, 2025The Air Force has remained tight-lipped around the specific method used but analysis by Defense Express claims a potential system could be the ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun, which has a range of 2.5km.
Aviation channel Soniashnyk backed this theory, suggesting Ukrainian forces have successfully adapted this Soviet-era weapon.
They are equipped with wings, which means they can glide to their targets, and are hard to shoot down because they don’t have a heat profile because they don’t have their own rocket engines.
According to Ukraine’s Air Force Command, Russia used 39,950 guided aerial bombs of various types against it in 2024.
Zaporizhzhia has come under represted attack from glide bombers. (Photo: Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration/AFP/Getty
Three people were also killed in a Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s northeastern region of Sumy on Friday.
Russian troops are understood to use several types of these guided aircraft bombs, most commonly used aFAB-2500 and FAB-500, which are capable of demolishing a building.
This apparent breakthrough with the “experimental” weapon comes as Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky offered to do a deal with the US over Ukraine’s stores of rare earth and minerals.
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“We would like them to equalize”, he said.
Rare earth minerals are important in the manufacture of high-performance magnets, electric motors and consumer electronics.
He said: “We need to stop Putin and protect what we have – a very rich Dnipro region, central Ukraine.”
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