Ukraine’s got a new weapon to use out on the battlefield.
The country has successfully used its homegrown Palianytsia drone missile to strike a target within Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video speech to the nation Saturday.
Zelensky boasted about their “new method of retaliation against the aggressor,” named after a type of hearth-baked Ukrainian bread, as he addressed the nation.
He said the drones constitute a “new class” of weaponry.
“The enemy has been defeated,” Zelensky said. “I thank everyone who made it possible. All developers, manufacturers and our soldiers. I am proud of you. It will be challenging for Russia, and it will be even more difficult to say exactly what [missile or drone] struck. It is difficult to counteract but very easy to understand why [it was launched].”
The reveal came shortly after President Joe Biden spoke with Zelensky, announcing the details of $125 million in new aid, including badly-needed ammunition.
The package also includes air defense missiles, counter-drone equipment, a mobile rocket system, and anti-armor missiles.
In announcing the aid, Biden said “Russia will not prevail in this conflict. The independent people of Ukraine will prevail — and the United States, our allies, and our partners, will continue to stand with them every step of the way.”
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the U.S. has sent $55 billion in aid to Kyiv.
With Post wires.
