The president released video of the first combat launch of Ukraine's FP-7 tactical ballistic missile and said the next step is production.
On October 1, President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video of the first combat use of Ukraine's domestically developed FP-7 tactical ballistic missile. "Ukrainian tactical ballistic missile. FP-7. First combat use. Thank you for the result. Next up: production," he wrote. Volunteers Support Ukraine notes the news as a sign that the country's defense industry increasingly relies on its own designs.
According to Ukrinform, the missile was used against a launch and storage site for attack drones in Russia's Oryol region, an oil facility in Samara region, a military supply depot in Bryansk region and several targets in the Black Sea area. There is no independent confirmation of the results in open sources yet, so the picture remains the one presented by the Ukrainian side.
The missile is being developed by the company Fire Point. According to previously published developer figures, it is a cheaper analogue of the US ATACMS, with a range of up to 300 km and a warhead of up to 150 kg. It entered military trials in September, and its first combat use was expected toward the end of the month.
Homegrown ballistic capability adds to the long-range tools Ukraine already uses against Russian military and oil facilities. The statement about moving to production should be read as an intention, not as a report that serial output is already running.
Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps helping people affected by the war in whatever way its resources allow, and every step that strengthens defense brings a safer everyday life closer for Ukrainians.
