Russia plans to produce up to 120,000 of its cheap and destructive missiles this year glider bombs , reports Reuters with reference to the Deputy Head of the Military Intelligence Department of Ukraine, Major General Vadym Skibytsky.
Also, the publication notes, this figure includes both new and modernized ammunition. In particular, the aggressor country plans to produce 500 ammunition of a new modification with a range of up to 200 km by the end of this year.
Overall, Russia has significantly increased its arms production since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with its defense factories now operating around the clock. However, details of military production are kept secret and not disclosed.
That is why, the publication explains, there is no way to verify the information about how many aerial bombs are planned to be produced in the aggressor country during 2025.
It is stated that Skibitsky did not say how this data was obtained. However, it indicates that Russia has significantly increased weapons production.
According to a Ukrainian intelligence representative, the Russian occupiers use 200-250 such aerial bombs on the territory of Ukraine every day. For example, last month the average number was about 170 units.
"They can be shot down, but the number of these aerial bombs produced in the Russian Federation... is huge. This is a threat. A threat that requires an adequate response from us," Skibitsky noted.
The GUR representative did not rule out that the Kremlin is working to increase the range of aerial bombs to 400 km. In this case, this would allow Russia to attack significantly more Ukrainian cities without aircraft entering the strike zone. At the same time, it is expected that they will be able to replace missiles.
The publication states that strikes on Mykolaiv, Poltava, and Odessa regions last month indicate that the capabilities of this weapon are growing.
Ukrainian intelligence data also indicates that Russia plans to produce approximately 70,000 long-range strike drones by 2025, of which 30,000 will be Iranian Shahed-type kamikaze drones.
It is noted that due to the mass production of drones, Russia is able to increase attacks on Ukraine's energy and gas infrastructure.
"They started with 30 drones a month, now 30 can fly over one target. They want to break us... This destabilizes the internal situation," Skibitsky shared.
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UNIAN previously reported that military radio technology specialist Sergey"Flash" Beskrestnov said that Russia has created a munition called KOBE-3M, which is designed to work in conjunction with drones."Flash" added that this is a cumulative-fragmentation munition designed to defeat manpower and lightly armored vehicles. According to the expert, the head and bottom parts of the munition are connected by an electric wire.
We also wrote that, according to satellite imagery, Russia can simultaneously store nuclear weapons at the Tsymbulov test site in the Oryol region. more than 500 Shahed-type strike drones. There may also be at least 93 garages and 15 hangars on the territory of this complex, as well as 8 stationary launchers. It is assumed that the enemy not only prepares drones for launch here, but also maintains them.
