Lithuania provides EUR 10 million for Palianytsia missile drone

Lithuania has provided EUR 10 million for the Palianytsia missile drone.

Defense Minister Rustem Umierov announced this on Facebook, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

"Today, together with the President of Lithuania, the Lithuanian-Ukrainian Defense Industry Business Forum was opened in Kyiv. I'll start with great news - Lithuania provides EUR 10 million to finance our long-range capabilities, in particular the Palianytsia missile drone. This is a huge support that will help Ukraine further defend more effectively," he said.

Umierov noted that Lithuania has already helped Ukraine by 2% of its own GDP and aims to continue this support at the level of 0.25% of the country's GDP annually.

He thanked the Lithuanian people for their support and called on businesses to actively invest in the Ukrainian defense industry.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on August 24, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced during the celebrations on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine that Ukraine had for the first time used the new Palianytsia missile drone with which it hit the enemy. The President emphasized that it will be difficult for russia to counter these missiles, moreover, it will be very difficult for the russians to even say what exactly came at them.

According to the Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, the long-range Palianytsia missile drone of Ukrainian production costs less than USD 1 million.