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Zelensky condemns Trump assassination attempt

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned on Monday what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and said political violence has no place anywhere.

“I am glad to hear that Donald Trump is safe and unharmed. My best wishes to him and his family,” Zelensky said on X.

Alexander Butler17 September 2024 02:00

What is a glide bomb?

Glide bombs, also called KAB – the Ukrainian acronym for guided aerial bomb, are old-fashioned “iron” aerial bombs of the sort that were dropped by bombers during the Second World War.

Russia is believed to have hundreds of thousands of such bombs in warehouses. It has converted them, cheaply and simply, into a type of guided bomb by fitting some with GPS guidance systems and attaching wings, which allow a gliding descent that extends their range considerably.

They have proved difficult to intercept and Ukrainian soldiers can …