Ukraine’s defense industry has developed the Palianytsia missile-drone, which is already in use.

Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin said that on August 24, the new weapon was successfully used for the first time. This information was also confirmed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.

“It struck an enemy military facility in the temporarily occupied territory,” said Kamyshin.

According to the minister, Palianytsia is a drone and a missile at the same time, which falls under both definitions in terms of its tactical and technical characteristics.

The defense industry will begin to increase production of the new product for strikes on Russian military targets.

“There will be more missile-drones, just as there are more long-range strike drones, the results of which we see almost every day,” said Kamyshin.

The Palianytsia is likely a maneuverable drone that has been fitted with a jet engine and a powerful warhead.

It is worth noting that on the night of Saturday, August 24, an ammunition depot exploded in the Voronezh oblast after the strikes.

Before the strike, the sound of a jet engine was heard in the sky from an unidentified aircraft flying toward Russian targets.

Ukraine has long been developing drones that will be able to quickly reach a target.

In January of this year, it was reported that a new jet-powered strike drone had made its first flight in Ukraine.

In the aft part of the new drone, an unknown type of power plant was placed, which is likely a jet engine.