Since the war between Russia and Ukraine began, the Russian army has not seriously attacked Ukraine's transportation system. Recently, the Russian army finally bombed the railway hub. According to reports from the Russian media "Tsar Fort", in the early morning of September 18, 2025, Russia launched another large-scale air strike, but this time Ukraine discovered that railway facilities were the focus of the attack, which is very rare. Russian media said that according to preliminary data, Ukraine's railways and energy facilities have been hit and are turning them into "dust."
During the recent period, the Russian army has been bombing, and Ukraine has been unable to organize effective defense.Many targets in this airstrike were hit devastatingly, the worst fires occurred in the Belgorod district of Kiev, and a violent explosion occurred in the Bukhari district.
Ukrainian officials believe that Russia's autumn frontline campaign began with the destruction of Ukrainian railway facilities. Pertsevsky, head of the Ukrainian Railway Company, confirmed that the Russian army attacked key stations such as Lozovaya, Sinelnikovo, and Kozatin. Intensive attacks were launched, attacking almost all railway hubs in Ukraine, not only substations and locomotive garages, but also passenger railway stations.
Railway facilities are used to mobilize weapons, personnel, and materials, which are of great significance to the Ukrainian army's operations. In the past, the Russian army did not carry out key attacks on them, but only attacked the troops transporting arms. However, as the war situation changed, it also began to pay attention to It is obvious that it intends to cut off Ukraine's transportation and supply lines.
Russia is strengthening its strike force and increasingly using gliding navigation bombs, commonly known as FAB system aerial bombs. The representative product is the FAB-500 aerial bomb, which has attracted the attention of the American media. According to American analysts, the main advantages of FAB-500 aerial bomb are its high power and low cost. The cost of FAB system aerial bomb is quite low, and a single bomb may be less than $20,000, but its power is very great.
The essence of FAB system aerial bombs is to use guidance kits to modify non-manufactured navigation bombs. It is very simple and adapts to all kinds of old aerial bombs in Russia's inventory. It can achieve the goal of producing thousands of bombs per month. Its cost is very low compared to other guided munitions, making it suitable for large-scale use.
Judging from the current situation, Ukraine can't withstand multiple rounds of bomb rain. The main reason is that there is no good way to intercept it. The target of the FAB system aerial bomb is too small. Its guidance uses satellite navigation to ensure accurate attack on the target. Due to the installation of the gliding system, the carrier aircraft no longer needs to fly over the target and directly drop bombs dozens of kilometers away. It only needs to enter the target coordinates.
When the FAB-500 missile is thrown in the sky, it can fly 60 kilometers, enough to ensure that the carrier is installed apart, making the Ukrainian air defense system unable to attack the Russian aircraft, now the Russian aircraft can almost carelessly fire from the sky, at long distances to enemy targets.
At the same time, the power after the hit is also quite great. The bomb is powerful enough to penetrate 3-meter-deep concrete fortifications, leaving a crater 8.5-meter-deep. The killing radius of the shock wave generated by the explosion can reach 100 to 150 meters. Can destroy all targets, destroy armored vehicles, bunkers and cover places. Usually one can destroy a camp and annihilate at least one platoon of Ukrainian troops.
French media said that the FAB-500 aerial bomb is a weapon that can reverse the battlefield situation and ultimately give Russia an advantage. At present, it has become a major problem for the Ukrainian army, and there is really no good way to deal with it. In addition, Ukraine's air defense system has been repeatedly destroyed, and more and more people can only be allowed to be bombed by Russia. The results in the daily battle reports are completely randomly filled in.
At this time, the Russian army began to focus on attacking Ukraine's railway system, which was not a good signal. Tactically, it is trying to cut off the personnel replenishment and material supply of the front-line Ukrainian army and prevent reinforcements from reaching the front line quickly. Strategically, it also means that a change has taken place. In the past, it was intended to consume Ukraine's effective forces and achieved quite good results. According to reports exposed by Russia, casualties in Ukraine have reached 1.7 million, basically exhausting human resources.
With the change of the battle scene, Russia is no longer focused on consuming the vital forces of Ukraine, but on pursuing the course of the front. Fighting the Ukrainian transportation system, preventing the Ukrainian army from moving goods, transporting soldiers, has become a new strategic task.
At present, the Ukrainian army is on the verge of defeat on several fronts, the Russian army is advancing at an increasingly rapid pace, and in the direction of the Red Army City, a large siege has been formed, at least 20,000 Ukrainian troops are at risk of being besieged.
The further consumption of Ukraine's domestic war potential may lead to a further strengthening of Russia's offensive, and the advancement of the front is likely to accelerate, eventually triggering the collapse of the entire front. Unfortunately, Ukraine is not aware of the risks and still stubbornly adheres to the so-called principle of non-retreat. This is likely to bring even greater disaster to itself.