On July 15, 2025, local time, in the Shostka area of Sumy region, Ukraine, Russian drones identified a location where Ukrainian forces were gathering or distributing supplies and ammunition. The building was hiding at least one company's worth of troops and ammunition distribution. Subsequently, Russian drones "called for" the BM-30 "Smerch" long-range rocket launcher, which destroyed the building with two shots. The Russian forces used 300 mm long-range rocket shells to destroy the Ukrainian troop gathering point. It's rare for the Russian Smerch long-range rocket launcher to do such a big job! Now, it seems that the production of Russia's long-range rocket launchers has not yet caught up, and the number of Smerch long-range rocket launchers used on the front lines is too small. With Russia starting to receive the North Korean M1991 long-range rocket launcher, we will see whether Russia can make progress in the field of long-range rocket launchers in the next stage of the Russia-Ukraine war. At the very least, it should reach the level of the Ukrainian army launching the HIMARS long-range rocket launcher.
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