Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on August 27 that his military recently successfully conducted the first test of a domestically produced ballistic missile.
Zelensky's announcement came after two consecutive nights of large-scale Russian attacks across Ukraine, and as Ukraine continues to call on its allies to take "decisive action" and allow Ukraine to strike military targets deeper inside Russian territory with weapons supplied by the West.
"There has been a positive test of the first Ukrainian ballistic missile. I congratulate our defense industry on this. I cannot share any further details about this missile," Zelensky said at a press conference in the capital Kiev.
A transporter-installation-launcher associated with a Ukrainian short-range ballistic missile known variously as Grom, Grim, Grim-2 and Hrim-2. Photo: TWZ
While the exact details of the new ballistic missile remain secret, the announcement demonstrates Ukraine's growing ability to develop and deploy advanced weapons on its own.
At the end of 2023, the Ministry of Defense announced that Ukraine has good prospects for producing missiles with a range of 1,000 km and that this project is fully funded by the state budget and implemented by Ukrainian industry.
Currently, Ukraine possesses Soviet-era Tochka tactical ballistic missiles, which have a range of 120 km but lower accuracy.
Last week, Mr. Zelensky said his forces had for the first time deployed in combat a domestically produced long-range “rocket drone” called Palianytsia, calling it a “new class of weapons” for Ukraine.
Kiev has signed agreements with Western arms companies on the production of small arms and ammunition.
Ukraine also said it is developing the Hrim-2 short-range ballistic missile system, designed to combine the features of a tactical missile system and a multiple launch rocket system.
On the ground, in Russia's Kursk region, where fighting has been ongoing since August 6 when Ukrainian forces launched a surprise attack on Russian territory, Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a United Nations agency, visited the Kurchatov nuclear power plant amid concerns about the facility's safety.
Mr Grossi said after the visit that there was a risk of a “nuclear incident” at the plant, where the situation was “very serious”. The IAEA chief also warned the international community at large that nuclear power plants “should never be attacked”.
The Kurchatov plant is located about 60km from the Ukrainian border on the banks of the Seym River, which has been the scene of fierce fighting for the past three weeks. From Kursk, Mr Grossi will travel to Kiev, where he will meet Mr Zelensky for talks on nuclear safety amid the ongoing fighting.
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, has been under Russian control since the early days of the conflict in February 2022.
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