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Zelensky boasts after Ukraine successfully uses homegrown drone to strike Russia target: ‘Enemy has been defeated’

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Zelensky boasts after Ukraine successfully uses homegrown drone to strike Russia target: ‘Enemy has been defeated’

Ukraine’s got a new weapon to use out on the battlefield.

The country has successfully used its homegrown Palianytsia drone missile to strike a target within Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video speech to the nation Saturday.

Zelensky boasted about their “new method of retaliation against the aggressor,” named after a type of hearth-baked Ukrainian bread, as he addressed the nation.


President Volodymyr Zelenskyi discusses the 33rd anniversary of the independence of Ukraine on August 24. Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

He said the drones constitute a “new class” of weaponry.

“The enemy has been defeated,” Zelensky said. “I thank everyone who made it possible. All developers, manufacturers and our soldiers. I am proud of you. It will be challenging for Russia, and it will be even more difficult to say exactly what [missile or drone] struck. It is difficult to counteract but very easy to understand why [it was launched].”

The reveal came shortly after President Joe Biden spoke with Zelensky, announcing the details of $125 million in new aid, including badly-needed ammunition.


President Joe Biden meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in July.
President Joe Biden meets with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in July. AFP via Getty Images

The package also includes air defense missiles, counter-drone equipment, a mobile rocket system, and anti-armor missiles.

In announcing the aid, Biden said “Russia will not prevail in this conflict. The independent people of Ukraine will prevail — and the United States, our allies, and our partners, will continue to stand with them every step of the way.”

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the U.S. has sent $55 billion in aid to Kyiv.

With Post wires.

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