"Evolutionary step": Putin equips air defense systems with jet engines, which 6 regions are in danger

However, the new modernized models, according to the General Directorate of Intelligence, already cover a distance of about 200 kilometers. This is stated in the article of The Telegraph dated November 7. As you know, the first wreckage of such an aerial bomb was found in the east of the Poltava region. Among them was the Chinese-made Swiwin SW800Pro-Y turbojet engine, which can be bought on the Alibaba website for $18,000.

The GUR informed that the modified CABs were also equipped with "new control modules", which makes them more resistant to the influence of EW devices. It was also reported that a jet bomb hit the city of Lozova in the Kharkiv region, then it flew approximately 135 kilometers. "The main consequences for Ukraine can be summarized as follows: the expansion of the potential strike zone and an additional burden on the Ukrainian air defense forces.

Cities and infrastructure facilities located at a distance of up to 200 kilometers from the front line, which were previously considered relatively safe from guided aerial bombs, are now under threat," explained the head of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation Serhiy Kuzan. He clarified that it is a threat to a significant part of Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions.

The Russian Armed Forces are intensifying their shelling of Ukraine before the onset of frost, and modified anti-aircraft missiles can increase the number of long-range strikes. Russia began improving its aerial bombs as early as 2023, and according to Ukrainian officials, approximately 40,000 of them have already been dropped during the war. Kuzan predicted that the new model would allow munitions to be launched beyond the range of Western air defense systems such as Nasams or Iris-T.

At the same time, the very fact of the modification indicates that Moscow's stockpile of air-to-surface missiles is shrinking and it seeks to protect fighters from possible damage. "We must understand that the modernization of glider bombs with jet engines is an evolutionary, not a revolutionary step in the Russian arsenal.

It does not fundamentally change the nature of the war, but it creates additional challenges for the Ukrainian defense, expanding the geography of risk and increasing the load on the already overloaded air defense system," the expert emphasized. According to GUR, there is currently no question of the prospect of mass production of modified KABs.

"Their use is limited to tests with periodic strikes on different regions to assess their effectiveness and the reaction of the Ukrainian defense," Kuzan assured. We will remind you that analysts have figured out what capabilities Ukraine has to shoot down modified anti-aircraft missiles that threaten cities at a distance of 200 kilometers from the front.