“This is our new methodology of retaliation towards the aggressor,” Zelenskyy stated of the weapon.
Officials have lengthy known as for western protection firms to assist them produce trendy arms inside Ukraine, with the likes of Germany’s Rheinmetall and Norway’s Nammo already agreeing to take action on armored automobiles and ammunition.
The Ukrainian navy hasn’t formally launched particulars on the specs of the Palyanytsia, however the nation’s Minister for Strategic Industries, principally Ukraine’s armaments manufacturing chief, Oleksandr Kamyshin, stated Saturday that the rocket drone was a type of high-speed precision-targeted projectile.
“We have mortar drones, artillery drones, and now, we introduce a very new class of weapon — rocket drones,” stated Kamyshin on X. “The rocket drone ‘Palyanytsia’ was efficiently used at this time, hanging a navy goal in quickly occupied territory.”
On Saturday, Russian authorities reported an enormous explosion at an ammunition depot within the Voronezh area of nation bordering Ukraine.