KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine states it has a brand-new long-range weapon to strike deep into Russia without asking authorization from allies — a homegrown mix of rocket and drone that the defense minister promised Monday would supply “answers” to a wave of Russian battles.
The Palianytsia was produced due to immediate requirement, Ukrainian authorities stated, as Russia has controlled the skies because the breakout of the war in February 2022 and Ukraine’s Western allies haveactually positioned conditions on usage of their long-range rockets in Russia. On Monday, a wave of Russian rockets and drones targeted Ukraine’s electrical facilities in the biggest such attack in weeks.
“Defenders of life needto have no constraints on weapons, as long as Russia utilizes all kinds of its own weapons,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in a Telegram message following the attacks.
Zelenskyy validated on Saturday the presence of the Palianytsia, called after a type of Ukrainian bread and a word so infamously tough to pronounce properly that it was utilized to unmask thought spies early in the war. The Ukrainian president called it “a brand-new class” of weapon.
Saturday, which significant Ukraine’s 33rd anniversary of self-reliance from the previous Soviet Union, likewise saw the veryfirst usage of the brand-new weapon, targeting a Russian military setup in the inhabited area, authorities stated without offering information.
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov assured Monday the weapon would be utilized onceagain quickly in action to the overnight attack on Ukraine.
“Ukraine is preparing its action. Weapons of its own production,” he composed on his Facebook page. “This when onceagain shows that for success, we requirement long-range abilities and the lifting of limitations on strikes on the opponent’s military centers.”
A Ukrainian military video hinted that its variety is up to 700 kilometers (430 miles) — on par with the U.S.-supplied ATACMS. It revealed a map with different airfields, consistingof Russia’s Savasleyka air base, which lies within that variety, including that the Palianytsia can reach at least 20 Russian airfields.
The United States and other Western allies supply lo