Ukraine has launched mass production of the Peklo [Hell] missile drone.
This was announced by the Office of the President, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
According to the report, on December 6, with the participation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the first batch was transferred to the Defense Forces, which already has confirmed combat use.
"It is very important that our defenders receive such modern weapons of Ukrainian production. Now the task is to further increase their production and use," Zelenskyy noted.
The flight range of the Peklo missile drone is 700 km, speed is 700 km/h.
In turn, the Minister for Strategic Industries Herman Smetanin reported on the Telegram channel that the first batch of several dozen units was transferred to the Defense Forces today.
He noted that a new type of weapon, the first in its class - a drone missile - was created by a Ukrainian manufacturer from scratch in record time - within a year, the product has already had successful combat use.
He added that Peklo is not only mass-produced, but is also constantly being improved, work is constantly underway to increase the level of protection of the product from electronic warfare, improve operational characteristics and accuracy of destruction, and new types of warheads are being developed to expand the list of possible targets.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on December 6, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the Ukrainian military had received a new drone missile Peklo, the first batch of weapons had already been transferred to the military.
On August 24, during the celebrations on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine had first used the new drone missile Palianytsia, which it used to 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 pronounce what exactly flown at them.
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