At least 38 glide-bombs launched by Russians into Ukraine fell in the Belgorod Region between April 2023 and April 2024.
This data was published by The Washington Post, based on internal documents of the authorities of the Belgorod Region, Russian Federation.
The article also notes that at least four bombs fell on the city of Belgorod itself. Another seven were found in the surrounding suburbs. The largest number, 11, fell in the border district of Graivoron, where some of them have not yet been found.
"The majority of the bombs were discovered by civilians — forest rangers, farmers or residents of villages surrounding the city. In most cases, the Defense Ministry didn’t know when the bombs had been launched, indicating that some of them could have been there for days," the article says.
The independent Russian media outlet Astra confirmed that many of the incidents described in the document matched those it had collected from local governments and reports in local news media.
Glide-bombs are designed as "dumb bombs" to be dropped on a target. Russia has adapted this large arsenal of unguided bombs to modern warfare by modernizing them with guidance systems known as UMPK kits - cheap pop-out wings and navigation systems..