Ukraine fired its first FP-7 ballistic missile in combat. Its maker says next version will do what Ukraine needed since 2022
Zelensky announced the launch on 1 October without naming the target, and wrote that production comes next.
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Towards Clearer Skies? What Ukraine gets out of the most recent Ramstein meeting—and what it doesn’t
The $4 billion buys Patriot interceptors now — but Ukraine's home-grown Freya, five times cheaper, left Brussels with a partnership and no cash.
The Freya air defense system could take down Russian ballistic missiles. Can Ukraine build it?
As the Iran war drains the world's Patriots, Ukraine needs to build its own long-range air defense. Freya could be just the thing.
Ukraine should not advertise its new ballistic missiles until factories can mass-produce them, ex-security officer says
"We're standing in the same line with the Russians" with their failed Armata tank, Ivan Stupak noted.
Ukraine is developing its own unstoppable air-launched missile
Russia's Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile is extremely hard to intercept. That's why Ukraine wants its own version of the missile.
FP-7 tested, FP-9 at 800 km approaching trials: Fire Point reveals Ukraine’s ballistic missile roadmap
Chief designer Denys Shtilerman says both are priced at half what ATACMS costs and built to fire in numbers large enough that interception doesn't decide the outcome.