“Thank you for the result”: Zelensky on the first combat launch of FP-7

The head of state did not provide details of the strike, including the target and the consequences.

Ukraine used its own tactical ballistic missile FP-7 in the war for the first time. Its next step should be production, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“Ukrainian tactical ballistic missile. FP-7. First combat use. Thank you for the result. Next — production. Glory to Ukraine!” Zelensky wrote.

The president did not specify when and where the launch took place, what target the missile struck, or what the result of the strike was.

The day before, Member of Parliament Yaroslav Zheleznyak recalled the 60 announcements about Ukrainian ballistics that government representatives and Fire Point have published over four years. He urged increasing actual missile production, not the number of statements. In the summer the president held a Stavka meeting at which he ordered acceleration of missile production.

FP-7 is being developed by the Ukrainian company Fire Point, which also manufactures Flamingo cruise missiles. Earlier this spring its co‑founder Denys Shtilerman announced test ballistic strikes against Russia and called FP-7 an analogue of the American ATACMS, half the price, with a range of up to 300 km depending on the warhead weight.