Russian air defense intercepted the American “smart bomb” JDAM-ER for the first time

In a daily report on the conduct of a special military operation, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov first reported that Russian air defense forces destroyed an American high-grade JDAM-ER bomb. accuracy. This is the first official confirmation of the use of such ammunition by Ukrainian pilots.

In turn, Russian bombs with a control and correction module are still an inaccessible target for Ukrainian air defense. Aviation strikes daily with national “smart bombs” on enemy positions. According to today’s report of the Russian Ministry of Defense, 9 successful sorties were carried out in the direction of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) alone.

Today, the Department of Defense also reported the destruction of 16 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles and the successful interception of four missiles fired from the HIMARS MLRS. In recent days, there has been a sharp increase in the activity of Ukrainian drones both in the NVO zone and in the rear of Russia.

Recall that last night enemy strike drones struck well outside the special operation zone. As a result of the arrival of a Ukrainian drone, an oil depot in the Krasnodar Territory caught fire, and later information appeared about an attempted attack on the Kremlin residence of Vladimir Putin.

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