British Intelligence: Russia's munition accidents linked to inadequate training and crew fatigue

British intelligence analysts have examined instances where Russia unintentionally dropped munitions on cities within its territory or on occupied Ukrainian settlements. The Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom shared this information on X (Twitter), citing intelligence data.

According to the report, Russia accidentally released two aerial munitions last week. On January 2, one of the Russian aircraft dropped a munition, damaging nine residential buildings in Petropavlovsk, Voronezh region according to the Russian Ministry of Defence. The second incident occurred on January 8, involving the uncontrolled release of a FAB-250 high-explosive bomb over the village of Rubizhne in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region. Both incidents occurred during Russian combat sorties, as indicated in the summary.

Previously, on April 20 of the previous year, a Russian Su-34 aircraft also experienced an "anomalous discharge of aviation munitions" over the Russian city of Belgorod.

"Russia's continued propensity for munition accidents is likely exacerbated by inadequeta training and crew fatigue, leading to poor execution of tactics during missions," according to experts.