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Image is blurr by RFA...  above photo.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...s-official

https://youtu.be/9OnfGDky1Ts?si=E_8A8eX5P6smrz8w

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“Russia’s angry, of course they’ll want to seek revenge. The problem with that is that they’ve done most of the things they can plausibly do.” Putin can’t hit back at Ukraine after they assassination one of his generals without taking “implausible” steps, like using nuclear weapons, says Shashank Joshi.
https://youtu.be/u84JY5ZAbkc?si=mDriiuf1Etr-Wtn8

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North Korean troops fighting in Kursk are picking up bad habits from the Russians. Mass infantry assaults against outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainians teach the wrong lesson. Two months after deploying to Kursk Oblast in western Russia to reinforce Russian troops battling the then two-month-old Ukrainian invasion of the oblast, a 12,000-person North Korean army corps finally went on the attack last weekend.

For Russia, the North Korean deployment was a critical boost to Russia’s costly effort to eliminate the 250-square-mile Ukrainian salient in Kursk ahead of the January inauguration of the US president-elect Donald Trump – an event that could signal a chaotic new phase of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine.

For North Korea, it was an opportunity to learn. Army of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea hasn’t fought a major land war in seven decades. Yet North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un expects capable of defeating the exceptionally well-equipped South Korean army in the event the tensions across Korean Demilitarised Zone ever escalate into open warfare.

Russia’s Ukraine war, for North Korea, a school house teaching lessons in 21st-century warfare. The lessons are brutal and bloody ones. In 34 months of grinding warfare, Russians have learned to trade enormous numbers of human beings for incremental territorial gains. It’s a horrific strategy, but not always an ineffective one.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...s-ukraine/

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian attack Friday on a town in Russia’s Kursk border region using U.S.-supplied missiles killed 6 people, including a child, a senior local official said, attack came hours after Ukrainian authorities said Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv killed at least 1 & wounded 13.
Moscow claimed Kyiv strike was in response to a Ukrainian strike on Russian soil using U S. made weapons earlier this week. 10 other in Kursk town of Rylsk, including a 13-year-old, were hospitalized after Friday’s strike w/HIMARS missiles, Kursk acting Gov said. He provided no further details. Russia is trying to push back a Ukrainian incursion into Kursk that was launched in early August, but Ukraine’s troops are dug in.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukrain...613d2e0ff1

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Russia is executing more and more Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Ukrainian sniper Oleksandr Matsievsky was captured by Russians in the first year of the full-scale invasion. A video emerged showing him smoking his last cigarette in a forest, apparently next to a grave he had been forced to dig." Glory to Ukraine!" he says to his captors. Moments later, shots ring out and he falls dead.
His execution is one of many.

This October this year, nine captured Ukrainian soldiers were reportedly shot dead by Russian forces in Kursk region. Prosecutors investigating case including a photo showing half-naked bodies lying on ground, photo was enough for one of the victims, drone operator Ruslan Holubenko, to be identified by his parents. "I recognised him by his underwear," his distraught mother told local broadcaster Suspilne Chernihiv. "I bought it for him be4 a trip to the sea. I knew that his shoulder had been shot through. You could see that in the picture."

The list of executions goes on. Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating reports of beheadings and a sword being used to kill a Ukrainian soldier with his hands tied behind his back. In another instance, a video showed 16 Ukrainian soldiers apparently being lined up and then mowed down with automatic gunfire after emerging from a woods to surrender.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7ve11lr247o

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Russia is executing more and more Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Ukrainian sniper Oleksandr Matsievsky was captured by Russians in the first year of the full-scale invasion. A video emerged showing him smoking his last cigarette in a forest, apparently next to a grave he had been forced to dig." Glory to Ukraine!" he says to his captors. Moments later, shots ring out and he falls dead.
His execution is one of many.

This October this year, nine captured Ukrainian soldiers were reportedly shot dead by Russian forces in Kursk region. Prosecutors investigating case including a photo showing half-naked bodies lying on ground, photo was enough for one of the victims, drone operator Ruslan Holubenko, to be identified by his parents. "I recognised him by his underwear," his distraught mother told local broadcaster Suspilne Chernihiv. "I bought it for him be4 a trip to the sea. I knew that his shoulder had been shot through. You could see that in the picture."

The list of executions goes on. Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating reports of beheadings and a sword being used to kill a Ukrainian soldier with his hands tied behind his back. In another instance, a video showed 16 Ukrainian soldiers apparently being lined up and then mowed down with automatic gunfire after emerging from a woods to surrender.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7ve11lr247o

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7ve11lr247o

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Ukrainian forces successfully attacked Russian positions using only ground and first person view (FPV) drones instead of infantry, an army. 
Spokesperson claimed on Dec. 20. Speaking on national TV, a Sergeant spokesperson for the Khartiia Brigade, National Guard of Ukraine, said “dozens of units of robotic unmanned equipment” supported by surveillance drones were used in the assault near village of Lyptsi, north of Kharkiv. He!,
Dehtiarov said drones included ground systems with machine guns kamikaze FPV drones is used..
He did not specify when the attack took place.
The Institute for Study of War (ISW). They attack highlighted the difference in attitude towards front line troops shown by Moscow and Kyiv.

"Ukrainian have repeatedly highlighted Ukraine's efforts to utilise technological innovations and asymmetric strike capabilities to offset Ukraine's manpower limitations in contrast with Russia's willingness to accept unsustainable casualty rates for marginal territorial gains," ISW said.
Russian military losses in full-scale invasion of Ukraine have exceeded 750,000 Russian soldiers, expected to surpass 1 mil Russian within six mths, U.K. Under-Secretary of Defense Luke Pollard said on Dec. 19.

U.K.'s latest estimate with figures as of Dec. 19, sits at 768,220 troops lost since the start of the war, figures do not specify killed or wounded, overall consensus is that it includes dead, wounded, missing, and captured. He"It is highly likely they have sustained significant combat casualties, only achieving limited tactical gains," Pollard told British parliamentarians on Dec. 19.

Russia has gained ground in eastern Ukraine and Kursk Oblast in recent months but at the cost of heavy casualties. Russian losses reached record highs in November and December, with a daily high of 2,030 troops lost in November, marking the highest daily loss since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Russian losses exceeded 45,000 troops and $3 billion worth of equipment in November.

President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed in a rare statement. Ukraine had lost 43,000 soldiers on battlefield since start of Russia's full invasion.

Ukraine is developing numerous new types of drone systems. Military tech developers created a new unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with ability to carry explosives & drive under armored vehicles, project's spoke, sperson, Viktoriia Kovalchuk, told Business Insider on Oct. 25. The UGV, named Ratel S or Honey Badger, was developed as part of Brave1 govt initiative was launched in April to invest in defense tech innovations that can be utilized by Ukrainian military, as well as serve as a platform to connect the industry's stakeholders. 

"The main idea is robot (Ratel S) is used as mobile warhead that carries anti-tank mines or other explosive devices," said Kovalchuk, adding can run for 40–50 minutes at an average speed or for up to 2-hours at a slower speed.


Most popular ... North Korean troops open fire on Russian unit, Intercepted Russian phone call suggests North Korean troops suffering trainloads of wounded also.
https://kyivindependent.com/for-first-ti...pv-drones/

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Ukraine is developing numerous new types of drone systems. Military tech developers created a new unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with ability to carry explosives & drive under armored vehicles, project's spoke, sperson, Viktoriia Kovalchuk, told Business Insider on Oct. 25. The UGV, named Ratel S or Honey Badger, was developed as part of Brave1 govt initiative was launched in April to invest in defense tech innovations that can be utilized by Ukrainian military, as well as serve as a platform to connect the industry's stakeholders. 

"The main idea is robot (Ratel S) is used as mobile warhead that carries anti-tank mines or other explosive devices," said Kovalchuk, adding can run for 40–50 minutes at an average speed or for up to 2-hours at a slower speed. Most popular ... North Korean troops open fire on Russian unit, Intercepted Russian phone call suggests North Korean troops suffering trainloads of wounded also.
https://kyivindependent.com/for-first-ti...pv-drones/

Ukrainian repeatedly highlighted Ukraine's efforts to utilise technological innovations & asymmetric to strike capabilities to offset Ukraine's manpower...

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North Korean troops fighting in Kursk are picking up bad habits from the Russians. Mass infantry assaults against outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainians teach the wrong lesson. Two months after deploying to Kursk Oblast in western Russia to reinforce Russian troops battling the then two-month-old Ukrainian invasion of the oblast, a 12,000-person North Korean army corps finally went on the attack last weekend.

For Russia, the North Korean deployment was a critical boost to Russia’s costly effort to eliminate the 250-square-mile Ukrainian salient in Kursk ahead of the January inauguration of the US president-elect Donald Trump – an event that could signal a chaotic new phase of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine.

For North Korea, it was an opportunity to learn. Army of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea hasn’t fought a major land war in seven decades. Yet North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un expects capable of defeating the exceptionally well-equipped South Korean army in the event the tensions across Korean Demilitarised Zone ever escalate into open warfare.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...s-ukraine/

Russia’s Ukraine war, for North Korea, a school house teaching lessons in 21st-century warfare. The lessons are brutal and bloody ones. In 34 months of grinding warfare, Russians have learned to trade enormous numbers of human beings for incremental territorial gains. It’s a horrific strategy, but not always an ineffective one.
https://youtu.be/AKUq4QRhWUo?si=NWuOSSvkdAjExY2V

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North Korean soldiers killed in Kursk Oblast carried forged documents – Ukraine's Special Operations Forces, seized from 3 North Korean soldiers killed in Kursk Oblast display signs of forgery. Documents like these are likely being used by Russia to conceal the presence of North Korean military personnel. Quote: "Decrypted data revealed the true names of the dead North Koreans to be 1) Ban Guk Jin, 2) Lee Dae Hyuk and 3) Cho Chul Ho. However, according to their Russian documents, their names were Kim Kang Solat Albertovich, Dongnk Jang Surovich and Belek Aganak Kap-oolovich."

Details: The SOF reported that the military IDs did not have all the required stamps and photographs. Patronymics were given, in the Russian style, and the stated place of birth was the Republic of Tuva, a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. The document holders’ signatures, however, were written in Korean.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/22/7490264/

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Russia: Defenses Belbek make good sense. The air base has been a notably high-priority target for Ukraine since aircraft air defenses based there help provide critical screening for nearby Russian naval base at Sevastopol also extend this coverage far out into Black Sea. In addition to drone attacks, Ukrainian forces have employed U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) short-range ballistic missiles with cluster munition warheads against the facility. D
Base suffered a notably destructive from ATACMS barrage in May of this year.
https://www.twz.com/air/russias-belbek-a...t-shelters

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Russia, US warn each other about planned launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, Russian agencies repor.
https://www.asiaone.com/world/russia-us-...es-russian

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later, Donald Trump is threatening to take back the waterway for the same republic. President-elect is decrying increased fees Panama has imposed to use the waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He says if things don’t change after he takes office next month, “We will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and without question.”

Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new admin could try to regain control of Panama Canal that US “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He long threatened allies with punitive action in hopes of winning concessions, experts in both countries are clear: Unless he goes to war on Panama, Trump can’t reassert control over a canal U.S. agreed to cede in the 1970s.

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PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later, Donald Trump is threatening to take back the waterway for the same republic. President-elect is decrying increased fees Panama has imposed to use the waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He says if things don’t change after he takes office next month, “We will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and without question.”

Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new admin could try to regain control of Panama Canal that US “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He long threatened allies with punitive action in hopes of winning concessions, experts in both countries are clear: Unless he goes to war on Panama, Trump can’t reassert control over a canal U.S. agreed to cede in the 1970s.

Greenland is not for sale, its leader says in response to Trump. Trump Greedy for Greenland & also Panama canal, he can just ask Putin for assistant....
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/gr...ol-4823036

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Operations temp stop for Russia airport due to Ukraine drone attack...
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/...a-airports

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https://youtu.be/rBd6vgquf4U?si=tIoZqn7V0NJD4tAg

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North Korean forces, attempted a bold assault to eliminate a critical Ukrainian bridgehead east of the Psel River, move set off a series of intense battles & revealed the lengths Russians would go to keep North Korean involvement a secret and take credit for their victories. The Russian objective, supported North Korean troops, in this sector of the Kursk salient, was clear: neutralize  Ukrainian presence east of the Psel River, which posed a significant threat to their operations. There strategic move aims to neutralize a possible Ukrainian penetration toward Borki & potentially Giri, Ukrainians have already reached once early in Kursk offensive. Such a repeated advance would disrupt Russian operations across Kursk salient, would force redeployment troops & resources to this sector, away from their efforts in the northwest.

Key position here was Plekhovo, which was defended only by a small Ukrainian contingent due to location in lowlands, the connected logistical disadvantages, being separated from the rest of the Kursk salient by the Psel River. Exploiting these vulnerabilities, North Korean troops advanced through minefields and reportedly achieved a breakthrough by seizing the village in a highly attritional operation lasting two hours. Geolocated footage from the region confirms the huge columns of North Korean troops advancing to achieve their first success in the area. Despite this, tensions quickly emerged as Russian forces started looking for a way to claim credit for the victory after initial reports suggested that Russian units only entered Plekhovo after the North Koreans

Geolocated footage: The region confirms the huge columns of North Korean troops advancing to achieve their first success in the area. Despite this, tensions quickly emerged as Russian forces started looking for a way to claim credit for the victory after initial reports suggested that Russian units only entered Plekhovo after the North Koreans

Unfortunately for Russians, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces thwarted this attempt with precision strikes from drones and ambush tactics, forcing the Russian saboteurs to retreat to their own territory, however Ukrainian units decided this was not enough. They pursued those that went past the border and eliminated both them and the remaining enemy forces, dealing a quick blow to Russian aspirations of further gains and spoiling the desired propaganda effect.

Undeterred, Russian commanders decided to once again rely on North Korean troops, this time deploying them in a high-risk river crossing assault on Kurilovka. Lacking the tactical advantages present at Plekhovo, and forced to storm without cover, the North Korean forces were decimated by Ukrainian drone operators while still trying to cross the river. The aftermath of the failed assault left the water littered with the bodies of North Korean soldiers, marking another devastating failure for them in the region.

Overall, Russia’s continuing reliance on North Korean troops highlights a pattern of attritional questionable tactics. Despite their initial success near Plekhovo, North Koreans have suffered staggering losses, with Ukrainian intelligence estimating over 220 casualties in just a few days of combat. These heavy losses, combined with Russia’s efforts to conceal their presence, paint a grim picture of the exploitation of North Korean fighters in the war.
https://youtu.be/rBd6vgquf4U?si=0kbdUfJRkgbkKrsd

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The soldiers of 225th Assault Battalion of the Ukrainian Defense Forces captured a Russian position in one of frontline areas, the 225th Assault Battalion released footage of the Ukrainian defenders’ combat work. The storming of Russian position took place recently, military did not disclose exact location where it happened.
Plan called for close cooperation between the pilots of Black Swan strike group & infantry assault group. Having discovered Russian invaders did not have adequate electronic warfare (EW) protection in this area, which could have interfered with the actions of Ukrainian drones, the soldiers of the 225th Assault Battalion implemented the plan & took up their position.

Pilots launched a series of precision strikes on the trenches with drone drops, forcing the Russians to take cover. According to the video, this helped a small group of Ukrainian soldiers to reach the Russian positions and launch an assault. The infantrymen used assault rifles and possibly hand grenades, as the battle was at close range. The Black Swan strike group kept these positions under constant fire control, providing the infantry with a safe approach to the enemy trenches,” the battalion reported. 

Those Russians who remained in the position were unable to offer any significant resistance due to the constant operation of Ukrainian drones.
Having achieved goal, infantrymen took enemy’s position. Thks to constant communication between pilots & infantrymen, the enemy was unable to come out of the shelters & stay there forever,” 225th Assault Battalion emphasized the
assault battalion did not specify how many invaders were eliminated.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/soldiers-of-th...e_vignette

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Russian Officers pulled a hasty meeting. That’s When A HIMARS Opened Fire. 3 Russian captains is died in precision strike,
they gathered for a hasty meet along a rd near Tokmak, 15 miles south of frontline in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine on Fri, should been a quick meet by ommanders turned into a bloodbath when intelligence detected a gathering & a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System opened fire.

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Russian Officers pulled a hasty meeting. That’s When A HIMARS Opened Fire. 3 Russian captains is died in precision strike,
they gathered for a hasty meet along a rd near Tokmak, 15 miles south of frontline in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine on Fri, should been a quick meet by ommanders turned into a bloodbath when intelligence detected a gathering & a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System opened fire.

 Details: The report noted that DIU operatives had received intelligence about a planned meeting involving officers from the 4th Guards Military Base Command of the Russian occupation forces, who are involved in the criminal war against Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

After verifying the information, DIU officers devised an operation plan, which was supported by the Tavriia Operational Group, the Unmanned Systems Forces and the Typhoon Tactical Group of the Security Service of Ukraine.

Immediately after the field briefing started, Ukrainian forces delivered a precision strike using HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems against the Russian officers and their vehicles. Following the arrival of an evacuation team, Ukrainian security and defence forces launched attack drones to strike the Russians.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/three-russian...29646.html

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Russian Officers pulled a hasty meeting. That’s When A HIMARS Opened Fire. 3 Russian captains is died in precision strike,
they gathered for a hasty meet along a rd near Tokmak, 15 miles south of frontline in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine on Fri, should been a quick meet by ommanders turned into a bloodbath when intelligence detected a gathering & a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System opened fire.

Ukrainska Fri,day December 27, 2024...
Ukraine's defence forces have killed three senior Russian Armed Forces officers in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Source: A report. "3 senior officers occupation forces have been killed in a successful operation conducted by Active Op Dept of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Security Service of Ukraine, Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine & Tavriia Operational Group.

Details:l Report. Noted that DIU operatives had received intelligence about a planned meeting involving officers from the 4th Guards Military Base Command of the Russian occupation forces, who are involved in the criminal war against Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. After verifying the information, DIU officers devised an operation plan, which was supported by the Tavriia Operational Group, the Unmanned Systems Forces and the Typhoon Tactical Group of the Security Service of Ukrainian forces delivered a precision strike using HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems against the Russian officers and their vehicles. Following the arrival of an evacuation team, Ukrainian security and defence forces launched attack drones to strike the Russians. Russian equipment destroyed in the attack

Report stated as a result of op, 3 Russian officers had been killed....

Dmitry Nagorny, Commander of 1st Battalion of 135th Motorised Rifle Regiment; Grigory Krokhmalov, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence & Chief of Intelligence of 135th Motorised Rifle Regiment &  Captain Yuri Fomin, Commander of an anti-aircraft battery of 4th Guards Military Base. 5 Russian vehicles were also destroyed.

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U.S. president Joe Biden is sending more then a US billion dollar of aid weapons sent to assistant Ukraine before year is this year.
https://youtu.be/FRPTbpSMDjw?si=Ys4gHLyJERNXHlkQ

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Ukraine's Magura V5 Naval Kamikaze Drone Makes History as First to Sink a Warship in Combat. Ukraine’s Magura V5 maritime kamikaze drone has cemented its place in military history as the first naval drone to sink a warship in active combat. A report published on Dec 28, 2024, by Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, Magura V5, operated by elite Grp 13 special unit, successfully destroyed or damaged 15 Russian naval vessels. Landmark achievement marks a significant turning in naval warfare, demonstrating potential of unmanned in reshaping military dynamics.
https://armyrecognition.com/focus-analys...-in-combat

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On the night of 25 December, Ukraine's defence forces struck command post of Russian 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade in the city of Lgov, Kursk Oblast.

Updated information revealed building housing the command post 810th Brigade was partially destroyed. Srike reportedly killed the deputy commander of the brigade & 17 other servicemen, most of whom were staff officers.

On 6 Dec last year 2924, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin dismissed Kursk Governor Aleksey Smirnov.

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Russian gas exports to Europe via Ukraine halt as transit deal expires. The halt will not impact prices in the EU as the bloc has reduced its dependence on Russian energy since the start of the Ukraine war. Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine came to a halt on New Year’s Day, marking the end of decades of Moscow’s dominance over Europe’s energy markets. 

The gas had kept flowing despite nearly three years of war, but Russia’s gas firm Gazprom said it had stopped at 0500 GMT after Ukraine refused to renew a transit agreement. The five-year gas transit deal between Russia and Ukraine expired early on January 1. 

The shutdown of Russia’s oldest gas route to Europe ends a decade of fraught relations sparked by Russia’s seizure of Crimea in 2014. Ukraine stopped buying Russian gas the following year. 

The widely expected stoppage will not impact prices for consumers in the European Union – unlike in 2022, when falling supplies from Russia sent prices to record highs, worsened a cost-of-living crisis and hit the bloc’s competitiveness.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/a...al-expires

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/2/...s-day-1043
Ukraine’s Commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskii visited Ukrainian forces in the Russian border region of Kursk and said that the Russian army had lost more than 34,000 soldiers, either dead or wounded, in their attempts to drive Ukrainian soldiers out of Russian territory.

Over the previous five months, approximately 700 Russian prisoners of war have been captured, which Ukraine could exchange for its own people held in Russian captivity, Syrskii said.

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As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine inches toward the three-year mark, all eyes are on a potential peace agreement to end the war.

If the parameters of any peace deal are likely to remain obscured for months to come, Ukraine’s ex-Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says one thing is clear — Russia is not going to ask for peace.

“Russia wants to be begged (to engage in the peace talks),” Kuleba told the Kyiv Independent in an interview late last year.

Kuleba worked as a minister for over four years through most of Russia’s full-scale invasion until his resignation in September during the biggest wartime government reshuffle.

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https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2025/0...ing-blind/

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...n-bombers/

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The above recent video montage capturing imagery from cameras attached to the tough, subsonic attack jets depicts Soviet-vintage planes lobbing French-made Hammer glide bombs at Russian targets, video of single-seat Su-25s in action with their 550-pound winged bombs comes just weeks after a similar video appeared online depicting Ukrainian air force supersonic Sukhoi Su-27s tossing American-made 250-pound glide bombs, both cases, tactics display are similar warplanes fly low & fast toward the front line, hugging terrain to avoid detection by Russian air defense batteries. At last moment, b4 releasing their bombs, the planes climb.

The higher angle extra altitude extend—by miles—the range of the precision-guided munitions. A Hammer can travel farther than 40 miles under optimal launch conditions, but conditions over Ukraine are rarely optimal. It’s not for no reason that Ukrainian jets losses in the air are lower now than they were early in the year. The Ukrainian air force went to war with 43 flyable Su-25s, got an extra 18 airframes from Macedonia and Bulgaria and lost at least 20 of the jets in action, leaving at most 41 in service. Notably, just 3 or 4 of the losses occurred last year. It should come as no surprise that, in 2024, Ukrainian Su-25 apparently completed a major overhaul of tactics, ending the practice of close rocket attacks in favor of standoff bombing with Hammers glide bombs.

Sukhoi pilots are never safe while in air, they’re safer now than they were be4 wide adoption of glide munitions transformed, the aging Su-25s into precision bombers, glide bombs work so well with Ukrainian air force, is arming all of its older warplanes: Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters and Sukhoi Su-24 bombers in addition to Su-25s & Su-27s. Airforce’s newer, F-16s-made jets— & Dassault Mirage 2000s—should also be compatible with American and French glide bombs. Anticipating greater demand for the bombs, and also hedging against the possibility that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reduces or halts American aid to Ukraine, the Ukrainians have developed a glide bomb of their own. That bomb was undergoing testing on an Su-24 as recently as September.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...n-bombers/

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Anticipating day when it run out of US munitions – most notably, 190-mile-range Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) ballistic missiles – Ukraine is getting ready build Trembitas and other long-range deep-strike munitions,” Trembita cannot match ATACMS, Storm Shadow, or SCALP b'cos it lacks payload munitions, the penetrating power of British & French munitions accuracy of all three.“A barrage of Trembitas might work just fine against, say, factory complex. It might not work so well against underground command bunkers Ukrainians have been aiming their Storm Shadows at.” the authors note.

Ukrainian firm is building a newer Trembita working on a larger, longer-range version that should be able to reach Moscow, which is 400 miles (almost 650 km) from Ukrainian border.
Summarize, on weapons, Ukrainian have to resort to different set of targets. As previously reported, Ukraine is developing missile that can reach Moscow more than 10 other projects.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-...02156.html