Military expert: “The “new” missile threatens Ukraine more than anyone else”
Ukrainian President Piotr Poroshenko said the country possesses cruise missiles with a strike radius of more than 1,000km. Military expert Alexei Podberezkin noted that Kiev still uses Soviet developments to introduce them as new weapons.
"We have a missile that has been successfully tested and is capable of hitting a distance of more than a thousand kilometers and carrying a warhead weighing 150 kilograms. This is a high-precision cruise missile. And all the missile components were created by Ukrainian specialists," Poroshenko said.
According to him, the army is currently being trained to use this weapon in the future. Poroshenko added that after cruise missiles were put into service in the 1990s, Ukraine “did not have many operators of such complexes”.
Director of the Center for Military and Political Studies of MGIMO, Doctor of Historical Sciences Alexey Podberezkin commented on this statement. He noted that Kiev still uses Soviet developments to introduce new forms of weapons.
“What is being recreated in Ukraine is all old Soviet developments. Previously, the USSR had cruise missiles with such a long range. Ukraine did not invent anything new. Besides, Ukraine cannot establish missile production. In my opinion, these missiles will threaten Ukraine more than anyone else,” said Alexey Podberezkin.
