Developed amid restrictions on Western missiles, the upgraded Palianytsia gives Ukraine a domestic, long-range tool to hit targets deep behind Russian lines.
No injuries occurred, but Estonian Security Police warn the device could have caused extensive damage if it had hit residential buildings instead of farmland.
The carrier launches drones in pairs—one strikes, the other films the kill. The unusual feature lets operators confirm destruction before a follow-up attack.
Russia poured over 100,000 soldiers into Donetsk’s Pokrovsk front, a force analysts say could attack a European country. Yet Ukrainian defenders, reinforced by the elite Azov Brigade, halted the advance, regained lost settlements, and pushed the invaders back.