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    The threat Ukraine feared is becoming real. Russia is developing bombs that could strike far beyond the front lines. According to the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, Russian forces have increased the range of their aerial bombs from 140 km to 200 km by using guided modular planning bombs (KMPB) equipped with turbojet engines, Telegraf has reported.  This capability enables Russian aircraft to strike targets deep within Ukraine's rear while avoiding its air-defense engage
     
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Intelligence: New Russian turbojet bombs achieve 43% range boost with Western and Chinese parts

Par :Olena Mukhina
4 novembre 2025 à 11:51

The threat Ukraine feared is becoming real. Russia is developing bombs that could strike far beyond the front lines. According to the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, Russian forces have increased the range of their aerial bombs from 140 km to 200 km by using guided modular planning bombs (KMPB) equipped with turbojet engines, Telegraf has reported. 

This capability enables Russian aircraft to strike targets deep within Ukraine's rear while avoiding its air-defense engagement zones. Now, more Ukrainian cities will be under threat of aerial bomb strikes, including potentially Kyiv Oblast. 

Russian bombs reach beyond air-defense envelopes and threaten rear areas

The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, also known as HUR, noted earlier munitions with shorter reach were used by the enemy primarily to strike targets in the frontline and border regions of Ukraine.

"The new bomb will be no exception, and its up to 200 km range will allow Russian aircraft to remain outside the engagement envelopes of Ukraine’s air-defense systems," said HUR.

In practical terms, today’s threats can now affect infrastructure and facilities that were previously considered relatively protected.

Chinese, American, and Swiss components helped to build deadly weapon

HUR also pointed to the origins of components for these munitions. According to the intelligence service, they are largely built using Chinese parts, while the high-explosive aviation bombs of the Kometa type are fitted with universal modules.

They also employ electronic components of Western manufacture, including products from companies in Switzerland and the US. 

The combination of accessible imported parts and adapted technologies provides the adversary with new capabilities for large-scale strikes.

Ukraine must adapt to changes in Russia's range and tactics

The emergence of bombs with a range of up to 200 km requires defense systems to revise their tactics and coverage zones, and to strengthen reconnaissance for early detection of launchers and attacking aircraft.

The battlefield conditions are changing, increasing the need for integrated air defense measures and the adaptation of air defense strategy. 

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Advanced “electronic sky” may be solution against Russia’s new guided missiles with war-record range

Par :Olena Mukhina
21 octobre 2025 à 16:55

Kharkiv Russian guided bombs

A new Russian guided aerial bomb has raised alarm in Ukraine. Any city hundreds of kilometres from launch zones could now be at risk, but a solution has been proposed by Ukrainian Army General and former head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Mykola Malomuzh, 24 channel reports. 

Russian new guided aerial bombs, also known as KABs, were used in September–October 2025. They have extended ranges of 150–200 km, a record distance in this war. Fitted with universal combat modules and carrying warheads of roughly 100 kg, these KABs show Russia’s intent to expand the operational depth of its strikes. If scaled up, the threat to Ukraine would be enormous.

According to previous reports, Russians have managed to retrofit Soviet aerial bombs with UMPK kits with modern Chinese rocket motors. These motors are not banned goods since they are also used for model aviation.

Take out the launch platforms — the general’s view

One of the most effective countermeasures, General Malomuzh says, is destroying the delivery platforms — Russia’s tactical aviation. For that, Ukraine needs long-range weapons, such as drones and missiles. But there is another approach. 

The expert explains that a key line of defence against the new KABs is acquiring modern electronic warfare systems of generations 3–6 from the US and Germany.

These American and German systems create an “electronic sky” that disorients the guidance systems of enemy drones and missiles. The systems can penetrate their control and redirect them to other targets, including enemy assets.

“This is a high level of technology that the Americans have not yet provided us,” the general emphasized.

Although passive tactics in their nature, such weapons can actively counter all types of drones and guided or unguided rockets.

“These are not systems that would frighten Russia into collapse, confrontation, or escalation,” the general stressed.

Destroying production sites is also effective

Malomuzh noted that Ukrainians have already learned to shoot down KABs, but because the new KABs are rocket-powered, a comprehensive approach is needed.

A combined approach should include:

  • destroying KAB production sites;
  • locating and striking launch platforms using reconnaissance and long-range drones.

Russia has not yet created mass air-defences around these production sites, so they can still be effectively targeted.

Longer warning zones for civilians

Earlier, Kharkiv Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said that air-raid alarms in Kharkiv Oblast will now be activated for communities located within 150 km of a KAB carrier if an aviation strike threat emerges, a response to the new KAB threat.

Recently, a KAB was used for the first time against the Lozova community in Kharkiv Oblast, per Suspilne. Syniehubov said that the munition covered roughly 140 km, which is effectively a record distance. While the weapon is not precise, civilians still suffer: a strike hit a residential house, and people were injured.

In 2025, Russia announced plans to produce 75,000 aerial bombs equipped with glide and correction modules, which turn a standard unguided bomb into a precision-guided munition with an extended range. The new number represents Moscow’s plans for a 50% increase in guided bombs production output.

He added that there have been instances of KABs flying over Kharkiv city, but ranges beyond 140 km have been unprecedented until now.

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