The "Battle of Bakhmut" + Russia's GLONASS-Guided Glide Bombs (TheNewAtlas)

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for April 3, 2023:

-Russian forces continue encirclement of Bakhmut and Avdeevka;

- Western media continues to measure Russia's strategy of attrition by territorial gains;

- Over the past month there has been an uptick in Russian precision airstrikes along the line of contact;

- Reports indicate that one of the munitions used is the GLONASS-guided UPAB-1500B glide bomb with a range of 40-50km;

- The UPAB-1500B is released out of range of most of Ukraine's mobile force protection air defense systems, most of Ukraine's S-300s are either destroyed or deployed far behind the line of contact opening an opportunity for the glide bomb's use;

- Further degradation of Ukraine's air defenses will lead to Russian military aviation becoming a more decisive factor;



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, April 4, 2023.]