How Russia turned Soviet-era bomb into ‘wonder weapon’ to wreak havoc in Ukraine

However Justin Bronk of the Royal United Services Institute has argued that the “glide bomb sorties will be very challenging to intercept regularly” as it will require Ukrainian pilots to fly very low in order to avoid detection and being shot down. “For now, attacks on Russian airbases are Ukraine’s best way to limit the damage that the [Russian air force] VKS can do to its forces on the front lines,” he said.