For Russia Luna-25 mission is actually a step ahead. Both Mars-96 and Fobos-Grunt - missions launched after USSR dissolution - ended up in Pacific. Luna-25 at l

For Russia Luna-25 mission is actually a step ahead. Both Mars-96 and Fobos-Grunt - missions launched after USSR dissolution - ended up in Pacific. Luna-25 at least successfully got itself to an orbit around the Moon. Of course this mission took years to prepare, and it's much better to launch probes to the Moon than shells to Kharkiv. At least failure of Luna-25 gives less to brag about for propagandists.