Russia tested a new UMPB bomb in Kharkiv D-30SN: whether it is related to rumors about the attack on the city

The explosion of Russian ammunition damaged almost 15 residential high -rise buildings of the Shevchenkivskyi district. The magnitude of the threat to the millionaire is obvious: in addition to the C-300 missiles and Shahd drones will now have to hide from bombs. Focus found out why the Russian Federation used ammunition of the UMPB D-30SN in the third year of the Great War at the same time as the spread of rumors about the preparation of invasion in the region.

From the beginning of the full -scale Russian invasion of Kharkiv, he was the first attack by managed aircraft shells. Usually, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation produce similar bombs in the region, but on March 27, two made on the basis of the Bombs FAB-250 ammunition of the UMPB D-30SN. A 59-year-old man was killed by a bicycle near the house. Also, 19 people were injured, four of them from three months to nine years old.

One of the shells hit the school, the other to the playground between residential buildings. In total, at least 14 high -rise buildings are damaged. Shevchenkivskyi district is located in the north of the city. To the border with Russia the distance in a straight line - about 30 kilometers, and to Belgorod - up to 70 kilometers. The UMPB D-30SN is made on the basis of a Fab-250 bomb, whose stocks in the Russian Federation are calculated by hundreds of tons.

The turbojet engine attached to it increases the flight range, but it is unclear how much the modernization is massive, explains the focus by the military expert, the Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Petro Chernyk. "The news is, of course, not very good, but if Russia put the release of shells on the conveyor, it would use several dozen bombs at one point. We are only talking about two pieces.

Will the occupiers be dumped in the future? Exactly, but for understanding The scale of the threat should take time. So it was with rockets: the production of "zirconies" was set up, but the most massive blow to 122 rockets was in December last year (December 29, 2023, the Russian army released 36 drones of Shahd and 122 different missiles by TU-95MC bombers in Ukraine , TU-22M3, as well as MiG-31K and Su-35 fighters,-ed. ), ”-comments the specialist.

As an example of massive bombardment, Chernik is cited by Linebacker II Aviation Operation, conducted from December 18 to December 29, 1972 against military facilities and North Vietnam infrastructure. The B-52 bombers dumped about 20,000 tons of shells to North Vietnam, equalizing with the ground all on the area of ​​30 football fields. During the B-52 operation, 741 aircraft were performed.

In the production of Bombs of the UMPB D-30sCN invest money and resources, but it is not at a rapid pace that to truly change the scripts on the front, Chernik is convinced. The exit for Ukraine is one-to fight the installations and aircraft that dump the D-30CN.

It is not easy to do this in Kharkiv: only the western advanced Patriot-type air defense complexes are beaten, but the BM-30 Smerch Spilitings Installations, which produce these shells, can be affected by drones, the reserve colonel notes. The use of high power ammunition does not indicate Russia's intention to advance on Kharkiv. A potential land blow is possible in the presence of a minimum of a 40,000th contingent on the border.

The Russians do not hide such a large accumulation of troops, it will immediately notice Ukrainian and Western intelligence, Chernik continues. "If the invaders find up to 15,000 people and throw them on slaughter, it is another issue. The forces and reserves of the Armed Forces will reflect the attack of the enemy," he said.

According to the director of development of the information and consulting company, Defense Express Valery Ryabikh, the use of the UMPB D-30CN may be one of the components of Moscow's information and psychological operations. The messages on the destruction of Kharkiv and Kiev were supported by the aircraft for the sake of pumping panic among the civilians. "I will note that the enemy received new and cheaper civilian attacks.

Aircraft can also carry a large number of explosives to the target, and it is difficult to respond to the air defense, clarifies the Ryabih. The exact characteristics of the D-30CN UMPB range are unknown. The universal interspecific planning ammunition (UMPB) has a diameter of 30 centimeters, weighs 250 kilograms and is able to carry any impressive element.

The projectile is a Russian copy of the American bomb GBU-39/B SDB, it can be released by both aircraft carriers and reactive systems of the Tornado and Tornado-C. The bomb range can reach up to 70 kilometers. The combat part of the bomb destroys concrete flooring, arriving in residential buildings it causes severe destruction. Mass use can be a great change in the safety situation in Kharkiv.

Made on the basis of FAB-250 ammunition of the UMPB D-30sN on the night of March 10, 2024, they hit the residential building of Mirnohrad of Donetsk region. We will remind, on the night of March 26 in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation heard explosions. The air defense systems, according to the authorities, knocked down 13 air targets on the run to Belgorod. Focus wrote earlier that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was hit by rockets twice a day on March 25 a day.