In Dnipropetrovsk region, a whole platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed by a FAB strike — mass media: EADaily
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EADaily, July 26th, 2025. In the area of the village of Novoselka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian military destroyed a platoon of the 31st separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a high-explosive aerial bomb (FAB).

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    Forbes, 2023: Russia’s Got A Giant New Glide-Bomb

    The Russians’ new glide-bomb is big. Really big. And not for no reason: a bigger bomb doesn’t need to be so accurate.

    The FAB-1500M-54 bomb, fitted with a Universal Gliding and Correction Module—basically, satellite guidance and pop-out wings—weighs 1,500 kilograms. 3,300 pounds.

    That’s big. For comparison, Ukraine’s own glide-bombs—American-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions-Extended Range—weigh just 500 pounds.

    Fighterbomber claims the new FAB-1500M-54-UGCM is accurate to 15 yards. “We consider these numbers to be exaggerated,” the independent Conflict Intelligence Team stated.

    To be clear, Russia already had a 3,300-pound glide-bomb: the older UPAB-1500 with built-in wings. But the UPAB-1500 is expensive. The FAB-1500M-54-UGCM combines an existing bomb with a simple guidance kit and equally simple bolt-on wings.