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Ukrainian HAMMER Bombs Wipe Out Russian Troops and Ammo Hub in Zaporizhzhia, Video

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Ukrainian tactical aviation conducted a series of airstrikes against Russian forces in southern Ukraine, targeting artillery, a special forces assault group, and an ammunition depot, according to video footage released by the Southern Defense Forces on April 27.

The strikes were carried out near the villages of Pobjedne, Myrne, and Zherebianky in the temporarily occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia region.

During the first strike near Pobjedne, a high-precision aerial bomb destroyed a Russian 2A36 “Hyacinth-B” 152-mm towed howitzer. A second bomb targeted a field fortification sheltering the gun crew.

In Myrne, two aerial bombs — reportedly French-made AASM HAMMER munitions — struck a building where members of Russia’s 22nd Separate Special Purpose Brigade were gathering.

The third airstrike hit a Russian ammunition storage site concealed in a forested area near Zherebianky.

In addition to the airstrikes, the footage also shows Ukrainian drones targeting Russian personnel and equipment. One drone equipped with an incendiary thermite charge destroyed a 57-mm AZP-57 anti-aircraft gun along with its shelter.

The AASM HAMMER is a French precision-guidance kit for unguided bombs, similar in concept to the American JDAM system. It combines a guidance unit and aerodynamic control surfaces in the front section with a small solid-fuel rocket motor in the rear to extend the weapon’s range.

Depending on the altitude of release, the AASM can reach distances from 15 kilometers at low altitudes to up to 70 kilometers when deployed from higher elevations.

France deploys two main variants of the AASM: the Hammer-250, used with 227-kg Mk.82 bombs, and the Hammer-1000, designed for 908-kg Mk.84 bombs.

The nose section can be fitted with different types of guidance systems, including inertial with GPS correction, infrared homing, or laser designation.

Earlier, on April 20, Ukrainian forces downed a rare Russian “Forpost” drone — a domestically produced version of Israel’s IAI Searcher Mk II — using an FPV drone operated by the 414th Separate UAV Brigade. The $7 million UAV was hit at an altitude of 4 kilometers and reportedly crashed in Russia’s Kursk region.

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