Against the background of Russian air attacks, the Ukroboronprom State Concern announced the development of Ukrainian weapons with a target range of up to a thousand kilometers.

This was reported on the official page of the concern on Facebook.

The specifications of the new weapon system announced by the company:

• Range — 1000 km,
• The weight of the warhead — 75 kg.

According to the concern, the development of its own system is already at the final stage.

“Ukroboronprom has been operating in an intensified mode since the full-scale invasion. We tell you almost nothing (we have to, believe me), but this “nothing” operates successfully on the battlefield, and another “nothing” is repeatedly successfully tested. You will say, this is not enough. And we agree, that’s why we prefer to work 24/7 rather than flood the media space with loud statements,” Ukroboronprom reports.

Simultaneously with the publication of Ukroboronprom, the Come Back Alive Foundation made its own statement, in which it announced the launch of a new project with the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Не перший місяць працюємо над зброєю дальної дії?

Нам болить Бахмут, Запоріжжя, Миколаїв, Київ та всі інші українські міста та села, по яким підступно стріляють росіяни.

Ворог буде покараний❗️І сьогодні ми привідкриємо завісу нового проєкту, який реалізує для цього Фонд. pic.twitter.com/IBaXDEV2GI

— Повернись живим (@BackAndAlive) October 17, 2022

According to the representatives of the Come Back Alive Foundation, the initiative, which appeared on the social networks of the Foundation under the pilot name “cotton in Moscow”, is related to long-distance work. The foundation’s team has been working on the project for about two months and has recently contracted it.

The Come Back Alive Foundation team promises to provide detailed information about the project and its cost later on.

As previously reported, on the morning of Monday, October 17, Russia massively attacked the capital and other regions with Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones.

A series of loud explosions took place in Kyiv. They attacked the capital after an air alert was announced at 06:15 throughout the Kyiv region and a number of regions of Ukraine.

According to eyewitnesses, the first explosion in the capital was heard around 06:35 a.m., and several more followed.

According to the intelligence services of Ukraine, Russia ordered 2,400 Shahed-136 loitering munitions.

This is contained in a statement on the website of the President of Ukraine.

The first reports of Russia’s use of Shahed-136 loitering munition in the war against Ukraine appeared in early Sept. 2022. In Russia, the drone is designated by the name “Geran-2.”