Ukraine says it is ramping up production of long-range missiles

Ukraine is increasing the production of long-range missiles and developing new drone missiles. The head of the country's Defense Ministry, Rustem Umerov, said this on 18 November.

In the Telegram-channel of the department appeared information about the past meeting of Umerov with Ukrainian manufacturers of missile weapons, during which plans for 2025 were discussed.

"Today we are increasing the production of Ukrainian missiles. The first 100 missiles have already been produced this year. The serial production of R-360 Neptun cruise missiles with improvements for hitting targets at long distances has been successfully scaled up," the ministry said in a statement.

Umerov also reported on the development of drone missiles "Palyanitsa" with the participation of foreign partners.

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