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He also said production of the weapon would follow.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUkrainian tactical ballistic missile. FP-7. First combat use. Thank you for the result. Next up: production. Glory to Ukraine! pic.twitter.com/IxdjVg51c1\u2014 Volodymyr Zelenskyy / \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) October 1, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\nThe claim has not been independently verified, and Ukrainian authorities have not disclosed the target, location, number of missiles involved, or other details surrounding the reported strike. A video has been published showing what\u2019s said to be a nighttime launch of the missile.\n\n\n\nThe FP-7 is one of several increasingly ambitious weapons being developed by Fire Point, a Ukrainian defense company that has expanded rapidly since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion. The company began with drones and has subsequently moved into long-range strike missiles and ballistic missile technology.\n\n\n\nTest launch of the FP-7 surface-to-surface ballistic missile. Fire Point \n\n\n\nFire Point CEO Iryna Terekh previously described the company\u2019s development and manufacturing model in an interview with TWZ, detailing an effort to rapidly scale production while maintaining a dispersed industrial base inside Ukraine. The company\u2019s better-known systems include the FP-1 and FP-2 long-range strike drones and the FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile.\n\n\n\nAccording to Ukrainian and company-released information, the FP-7 has a range of approximately 250 kilometers (155 miles) and a warhead weighing around 150 kilograms (331 pounds). Other published figures have put its velocity at approximately 1,500 meters per second (around 3,350 miles per hour). Rather than striking targets deep in the Russian rear areas, the missile is optimized for use against objectives such as logistics hubs, air defense sites, and drone bases. This makes it more of a shorter-range complement to the U.S.-supplied\u00a0Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) ballistic missile, rather than a direct replacement, although it comes without any restrictions on the kinds of targets that it can be used against.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDetails from missile debris shown by Russia confirm Ukraine launched ATACMS at Voronezh region on November 18, marking the first use of U.S.-made missiles on Russian territory during Trump\u2019s presidency. According to the Russian MoD, S-400 and Pantsir-S1 systems helped repel the\u2026 pic.twitter.com/8SeQCo9OEO\u2014 NOELREPORTS \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@NOELreports) November 19, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\nAt the same time, those specifications should likewise be treated as reported figures rather than independently verified performance data. Actual range, payload and accuracy can vary according to missile configuration and mission profile.\n\n\n\nThe FP-7\u2019s development is particularly notable because Fire Point is also using the basic missile architecture as the foundation for a very different weapon.\n\n\n\nFire Point has developed the FP-7.X, an anti-ballistic missile interceptor derived from the surface-to-surface FP-7.\n\n\n\nA video showing a test launch of an FP-7.X surface-to-air missile:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u0414\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u044e\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0456 \u0431\u043e\u044e \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0440\u0456\u0434\u0448\u0435, \u043d\u0456\u0436 \u0432\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u044e\u0442\u044c \u0457\u0445 \u0443 \u0456\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0443\u0442\u0430\u0445, \u043b\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0456\u044f\u0445 \u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0442\u0432\u0456 \u0437\u0430 \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u044c \u0440\u043e\u043a\u0456\u0432 \u0434\u043e \u0457\u0445 \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0430\u0442\u043a\u0443.\u041a\u043e\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430 \u0440\u043e\u043a\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u043d\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0444\u0456\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0443\u0454 \u0456\u043d\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443 \u043e\u0441\u0432\u0456\u0442\u0443, \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0447\u0443\u0454 \u0434\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0456\u0434\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f, \u0432\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0447\u0430\u0454 \u0432\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043d\u0438\u0447\u0456 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0446\u0456\u0457 \u0430\u0431\u043e \u0437\u0432\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0454 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430\u2026 pic.twitter.com/Ti1Ayn4INf\u2014 terekh (@iraterekh) June 3, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\nFire Point\u2019s expectation is that commonality between the two systems can shorten development and provide manufacturing efficiencies by allowing the company to draw upon work already conducted on the FP-7\u2019s propulsion, airframe, guidance, and production processes.\n\n\n\nThe FP-7.X forms part of Project Freyja, a European effort to develop a comparatively inexpensive and potentially more numerous ballistic-missile-defense interceptor. Fire Point has also discussed an eventual production rate of thousands of interceptors annually, although such targets represent company ambitions rather than demonstrated production capacity.\n\n\n\nFire Point has said it is working with European and Ukrainian partners on the system, including work on the interceptor\u2019s seeker. The company has described an initial interceptor using a blast-fragmentation approach, with more sophisticated hit-to-kill capability envisioned for later versions.\n\n\n\nEarlier this year, Diehl Defense confirmed that it plans to launch production of the Flamingo cruise missile in Germany. Previously, Diehl had signed a technology agreement with Fire Point but had not disclosed any details. Potentially, that could open a path to Fire Point\u2019s ballistic and cruise missiles helping to meet the growing demand for long-range fires capabilities among NATO\u2019s European members.\n\n\n\nA video of the Flamingo cruise missile in action:\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u0412\u0438\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u201c\u0424\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0433\u043e\"\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\nAs it stands, the baseline FP-7 is only one element of Fire Point\u2019s ballistic missile ambitions.\n\n\n\nA rendering of the FP-7 surface-to-surface ballistic missile. Fire Point \n\n\n\nThe company is also developing the larger FP-9, which Fire Point has described as having a planned range of approximately 850 kilometers (528 miles). The larger missile requires substantially more solid propellant and has driven the company to establish new industrial capabilities for manufacturing large solid-rocket motors.\n\n\n\nAs with the FP-7, the available FP-9 performance figures are based primarily on statements from Fire Point and Ukrainian sources and should not be treated as independently established specifications.\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tUkrainian FP-9 ballistics ready to strike! 800 km range \u2013 MOSCOW is now within reach!\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\nThe development of these weapons reflects Ukraine\u2019s broader effort to expand domestic production of long-range strike systems. Kyiv has relied heavily on Western-supplied weapons during the war while simultaneously attempting to establish an indigenous capacity for drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.\n\n\n\nFor Fire Point, that effort has produced an unusually broad portfolio in a relatively short period: long-range attack drones, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and, potentially, interceptors designed to defeat ballistic missiles.\n\n\n\nThe claimed combat debut would give Ukraine a fast, hard-to-intercept strike option for targets within the FP-7\u2019s reported range, with its combination of kinetic energy and relatively heavy warhead making it particularly useful against hardened targets. If targeting and launch procedures can keep pace, its short flight time can also enable rapid-response strikes against more time-sensitive targets. More broadly, the FP-7 represents the culmination of years of Ukrainian efforts to close a major ballistic-missile gap with Russia and establish an indigenous capability.\n\n\n\nFP-7 surface-to-surface ballistic missile. Fire Point \n\n\n\nThe reported combat debut of the FP-7 also comes as the long-range strike campaign between Russia and Ukraine continues to intensify, with both sides increasingly seeking to hold targets deep behind the other\u2019s front lines at risk. That dynamic will become particularly important as the two countries head into another winter, when strikes against energy, industrial, and military infrastructure ramp up significantly. At the same time, the FP-7\u2019s reported range gives it a considerably more limited target set than Ukraine\u2019s longer-range cruise missiles and drones, constraining where it can be employed and distinguishing it from systems designed for deep strikes hundreds of miles beyond the front.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe significance of Zelensky\u2019s announcement will ultimately depend heavily on whether the FP-7 can move from a claimed combat debut into sustained production and operational service.\n\n\n\nUkraine has not publicly disclosed the number of FP-7 missiles produced, current production rates, or when significant quantities could become available.\n\n\n\nUsing the FP-7 in combat for the first time would mark an important transition for Fire Point\u2019s ballistic missile program, from development and testing toward operational employment. 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