Drone video released by Russian sources that has been mis-categorized as a FAB-1500 strikes shows an ODAB-1500 thermobaric weapon being dropped on a building located inside of Volchansk. According to the Russian source of the video, who also mischaracterized the explosive seen in the video, the building was being utilized by Ukrainian forces as a forward operating base.

The primary way to tell the difference between the two is the explosive signature. FAB munitions are high explosive whereas ODAB munitions are thermobaric. The large bright explosive signature here indicates that we're looking at some sort of thermobaric weapon system.

That said, I'm not personally positive that the ODAB line of munitions has been turned into a glide bomb just yet, and this video does appear to show a glide bomb. Open to hearing what you guys think down in the comments section. I am far from an expert on Russian explosive weapon systems at this stage, and thankfully I have never seen one in real life.

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