00:00Ukraine is keeping secret the information about the target hit during the first combat launch of the Ukrainian ballistic missile.
00:08FP-7, manufactured by Firepoint.
00:11According to kyiv Independent, the Ukrainian president's communications advisor stated that the Ukrainian side does not disclose data on the
00:19objective of the attack.
00:21"We do not report this," the source stated.
00:23The Wall Street Journal, citing a source, reports that the first FP-7 attack hit against
00:31a target located in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory.
00:35The attack took place on Thursday, October 1.
00:38The newspaper notes that the FP-7 ballistic missile allows Ukraine to join a small group of capable countries.
00:46to produce this type of weaponry.
00:47According to the article, the launch is further evidence that Ukraine's defense industry is heading towards
00:55a position of global leadership.
00:57A domestically manufactured ballistic missile, produced in record time and under low cost, was used on the battlefield.
01:04"Enemy fire," said Firepoint CEO Irina Terech.
01:09The FP-7 is based on the Soviet 48N8 interceptor missile, used in the S-300 air defense systems
01:17and S-400, although modern components and technologies are used in their manufacture.
01:23The Ukrainian missile has a declared range of up to 250 kilometers, and its maximum speed is 1,500 meters per second.
01:31second, and the warhead weighs 200 kilograms.
01:35Denis Stillerman, chief designer and co-founder of Firepoint, described the FP-7 as an analogue of the tactical surface-to-surface ballistic missile.
01:44American Atakams, although he highlighted the lower cost of the Ukrainian missile.
01:49Nazari Varchuk, an analyst at the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation, told kyiv Independent that the FP-7
01:58It is designed to attack targets on the front line and in the immediate rear,
02:03such as headquarters and command posts, weapons depots, military equipment, radar stations, electronic warfare systems, systems
02:12air defense and launchers, drone launch sites and military infrastructure, including airfields within missile range.
02:21The FP-7 short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, developed by the defense company Firepoint, was launched by
02:30first time against targets of the Russian occupiers.
02:33Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced it on his X page and added that the next objective is
02:40to begin mass production of this weapon.
02:42"Ukrainian tactical ballistics, FP-7. First use in combat. Thanks for the results. Next up, production. Glory to Ukraine," he wrote.
02:54the head of state.
02:55The president also released a 26-second video showing the actual moment of the FP-7 rocket launch.
03:03The head of state did not offer further details, including the enemy targets against which the missile was launched.
03:09nor the results of the attack.
03:11It should be noted that the manufacturer describes the FP-7 as a ground launch system designed to carry a payload
03:18useful payload of up to 150 kilograms and can reach targets at distances of up to 200 kilometers.
03:25The missile was initially developed from the Soviet S-400 and S-300 systems, but currently
03:32It only shares 20% of its design with them.
03:48Thank you!
