ON CAM: Russia Drops Massive 3-Ton FAB-3000 'Monster' Glide Bomb on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Frontline

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The Russian Ministry of Defence has released official combat footage documenting the operational deployment of its massive 3,000-kilogram FAB-3000 glide bomb against Ukrainian positions near Orikhiv in the contested Zaporizhzhia region. The 20-second video captures a catastrophic detonation, producing a highly destructive blast wave and dense columns of black smoke over the target area. Originally manufactured during the Soviet era as an unguided heavy conventional weapon carrying 1.4 tonnes of high explosives, the three-tonne munition has been modernized with Russia's unified gliding and guidance kit (UMPK), expanding its stand-off range to nearly 40 kilometers. Military analysts note that the integration of the weapon onto Su-34 fighter-bombers allows Moscow to execute highly precise, destructive strikes against fortified Ukrainian infrastructure, bunkers, and trench networks while successfully remaining outside the immediate operational envelope of Kyiv's frontline air-defense syste

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