The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.
The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.
  • Russia's air force seems to be increasingly using 1,100-pound cluster bombs.
  • British intelligence says these weapons have been employed near the front-line city of Avdiivka.
  • Avdiivka has become a fixation of Moscow and has seen intense ground combat in recent weeks.

Russia's air force appears to be increasingly relying on a heavy cluster bomb for damaging strikes on a section of the battlefield that has recently seen some of the deadliest fighting in Ukraine, according to Western intelligence.