Record Number: Russians Dropped 268 GBUs in a Day

On October 17, a record number of strikes using guided bomb units (GBUs) by the Russian army were recorded.

This is reported by GirkinGirkin with reference to the daily report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

During the day, 268 such munitions were fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the surrounding areas.

The main carrier of the GBUs are Su-34 frontline bombers. They were launched from a safe distance, without entering the area of Ukrainian air defense.

In total, Russian troops conducted 109 air strikes, used 6,024 kamikaze drones and fired 4,941 times at Ukrainian troops’ positions and settlements over the course of the day. Of these, 117 were launched from multiple launch rocket systems.

We would like to remind you that recently the fighters of the Lasar’s Group special purpose unit of the National Guard of Ukraine destroyed a Russian BM-30 Smerch MLRS using drone bombardment.

Russian invaders used this rocket launcher to attack the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.