Russia pounded Ukraine with 3,000 bombs in March, Zelenskiy says

FILE PHOTO: City without electricity after critical civil infrastructure was hit by Russian missile attacks in Kharkiv

FILE PHOTO: People and traffic move through the city centre without electricity after critical civil infrastructure was hit by Russian missile attacks, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kharkiv, March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/File Photo

Source: REUTERS

Russia fired over 3,000 guided aerial bombs, 600 drones and 400 missiles at Ukraine in March alone, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday.

Russia has stepped up its long-range air strike campaign on Ukrainian energy infrastructure over the last two weeks, destroying another chunk of a system already hobbled by previous Russian bombardments during the 25-month full-scale invasion.

Separately, Russia has increased its use of guided air-dropped bombs in frontline areas in recent months. These are dropped from warplanes well inside Russian-controlled territory, and glide towards their targets at high speed.

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For Moscow, they have become an efficient way to drop vast amounts of explosives onto Ukrainian entrenchments and buildings near the front, an approach that favours blast power over accuracy.

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By Reuters