While we've all been paying attention to affairs in the Middle East, the Russo-Ukrainian War is still being contested, with no sign of a resolution anytime soon.
This conflict has settled into something of a high-tech, modern version of the Great War, with the lines pretty much stabilized, the key difference being the much longer reach afforded both sides by technologies like drones and missiles. Now, though, Ukraine has taken an older technology and mated it with some modern add-ons, with a Ukrainian company called DG Industry, with some support from a defense technology group, Brave1.
The Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Mykhailo Fedorov, has released some video of the new weapon. Watch:
The first Ukrainian glide bomb from @BRAVE1ua is ready for combat deployment. Development took 17 months. The warhead weighs 250 kg. The Ukrainian glide bomb features a unique design created specifically for the realities of modern warfare.
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) May 18, 2026
Pilots are currently rehearsing… pic.twitter.com/Pnr15iTG9L
The Minister writes:
The first Ukrainian glide bomb from @BRAVE1ua is ready for combat deployment. Development took 17 months. The warhead weighs 250 kg. The Ukrainian glide bomb features a unique design created specifically for the realities of modern warfare.
Pilots are currently rehearsing combat scenarios and adapting the new weapon system for use in real wartime conditions. Soon, Ukrainian glide bombs will be striking enemy targets.
Glide bombs aren't a new technology. Germany built and used glide bombs against Allied shipping in World War II, with radio guidance systems. Ukraine's new weapon uses more modern guidance systems to upgrade its tech, although it is still much like what was used in World War II: a bomb fitted with wings.
The advantage for Ukraine in this is that the new bombs are being built domestically.
Ukraine is buying a homegrown glide bomb that could help its pilots strike Russian forces from a safer distance while relying less on weapons supplied by the U.S. and Europe.
The new weapon is called the Vyrivniuvach, or "Equalizer." It was developed by Ukrainian company DG Industry with support from Brave1, a government-backed defense technology group.
A Ukrainian military official told Ukrinform that the bomb has finished testing and is now being bought for the armed forces. Fox News Digital has reached out to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense for more details.
Ukraine has been, and remains, dependent in large part on weapons and munitions supplied by the United States and the nations of Europe, which puts them in a precarious spot vs. Russia. The more weapons Ukraine can produce domestically, the better it is for its logistics outlook. Ukraine is reportedly receiving a license to build Patriot anti-air missiles domestically, but the new glide bombs are being not only built but designed domestically.
Granted, it's not a complicated device, as these things go:
The Equalizer turns a conventional bomb into a precision weapon by adding wings and guidance systems. It is designed to be dropped from Ukraine’s MiG-29, Su-24 and Su-27 warplanes, allowing pilots to attack targets farther behind Russian lines while staying farther away from Russian air defenses.
As noted, this is basically a modernized version of a World War II-era weapon. But that doesn't mean it won't work; Ukraine can build and deploy as many of them as they can get the raw materials to make.
It's also something of an eye-opener to note the speed with which this was developed. The Ukrainian Defense Minister announced the development of the new glide bomb only last May. Now it's being produced for use by Ukraine's armed forces.
The Russo-Ukrainian War is still very much a war of attrition. In this Russia has considerable advantages, but they haven't been able to move the lines much for quite a while now, and Ukraine is still finding new ways to hit back. This is one more.
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