Powerful explosion in Belgorod border area: Russian troops strike Ukrainian reinforcement route

A powerful explosion in the Belgorod border area was caught on video. The Russian forces struck a dam that Ukraine used to move reinforcements.

The released footage shows a bomb falling and a massive explosion, with shockwaves spreading in all directions.

The video was recorded near the settlement of Popovka. It is believed that a FAB-3000 high-explosive aerial bomb was used in the airstrike.

On April 2, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to break through into the Krasnoyaruzhsky district of Russia’s Belgorod region using armoured vehicles. As a result, the Ukrainian forces lost an armoured vehicle and a personnel carrier, while a Hercules tank based on the Abrams platform sustained damage.

FAB-3000: One of the Most Powerful Bombs in Russian Air Force Arsenal

The FAB-3000 is among the most powerful high-explosive aerial bombs in the Russian Air Force arsenal. It is believed that Russia uses the M54 modification in its operations. The bomb is designed to destroy structures from altitudes of up to 16 kilometers at speeds of up to 1,200 km/h. Without fuses, the FAB-3000 weighs 3,067 kilograms and measures 3.3 meters in length. The warhead contains 1,387 kilograms of TNT.

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An aerial bomb is a type of explosive or incendiary weapon intended to travel through the air on a predictable trajectory. Engineers usually develop such bombs to be dropped from an aircraft. The use of aerial bombs is termed aerial bombing. Aerial bombs include a vast range and complexity of designs. These include unguided gravity bombs, guided bombs, bombs hand-tossed from a vehicle, bombs needing a large specially-built delivery-vehicle, bombs integrated with the vehicle itself (such as a glide bomb), instant-detonation bombs, or delay-action bombs. As with other types of explosive weapons, aerial bombs aim to kill and injure people or to destroy materiel through the projection of one or more of blast, fragmentation, radiation or fire outwards from the point of detonation.