The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet seconds later, unleashing flames that left the megastore an ashen shell. Investigators hope it will help them trace the supply chain for the latest generation of retrofitted Russian “glide bombs” that are laying waste to eastern Ukraine. The Soviet-era bombs are adapted on the cheap with imported electronics that allow distant Russian warplanes to launch them at Ukraine. In all, glide bombs have hit the city more than 50 times this year, 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.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 20, 2024 07:07 UTC