Zelenskyy on Ukrainian ballistic missile this autumn: there will be successful combat use and results

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that Ukraine could deploy a domestically produced ballistic missile in combat this autumn, although its large-scale use is not yet expected.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with the national joint 24/7 newscast on Saturday evening

Details: A journalist asked Zelenskyy whether statements by Fire Point that a Ukrainian ballistic missile could be used in combat as early as this autumn should be taken seriously.

Quote from Zelenskyy: "You should believe them. As for large-scale use, I can't say, because there are factors that don't depend on Ukraine. It is the same with the Russians' ballistic missiles – they contain components from other countries. Our ballistic missiles are the same: there are few such components, but some do come from other countries.

I believe there will be successful combat use and that it will produce results. But when we talk about large-scale use, we need to understand that large quantities of these components will also have to be supplied by other countries. So it depends on their readiness, contracts, payments, and many other factors. In any case, FP's designers are the closest anyone in Ukraine has come to developing ballistic missiles."

Background: Former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said that Ukraine had successfully tested a domestically produced ballistic missile on 14 July, the day the government was dismissed.