- According to the independent Russian media outletAstra, Russian forces have dropped 25 glide bombs on Russian territory and occupied Ukraine so far in 2026. In 2025, there were 143 such instances, and 165 in 2024.On 16 May 2026, Russia accidentally discharged a glide munition on a resident’s home in Dubovoye village, in the Russian oblast of Belgorod, resulting in one fatality.
- The Russian air force currently conducts over 200 fighter sorties per day against Ukraine, averaging between180-250 glide munition launches per day depending on weather conditions. These instances demonstrate continued errors in Russia’s ability to successfully employ their munitions on intended targets. Such errors have destructive and lethal consequences for the Russian population. Such incidents likely occur due to a combination of poor procedures when arming the aircraft prior to sorties and poor execution by aircrew during missions. The frequency of these occurrences likely demonstrates a degree of air and ground crew fatigue within the Russian force, as well as exposing inadequate military training.
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