Zelenskyy says Kyiv test fired first Ukraine-made ballistic missile

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that his military had recently carried out the first successful test of a domestically-produced ballistic missile.

“There has been a positive test of the first Ukrainian ballistic missile. I congratulate our defense industry on this. I can’t share any more details about this missile,” he said at a press conference in the Ukrainian capital.

Ukraine has been attempting to develop its own arms industry and encourage military production on its own territory as part of efforts to become less dependent on Western military aid.

Zelenskyy said last week that his forces had deployed in combat for the first time a Ukrainian-made long-range “rocket drone” called Palianytsia.