Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Zelenskyy says Ukrainian ballistic missiles could hit Moscow this fall
Ukraine and Russia are fighting a war.
Ukraine's leader, President Zelenskyy, says Ukraine is building its own long-range missiles.
These missiles could be ready in a few months.
Some of them might be able to fly all the way to Moscow, Russia's capital.
The missiles are being made by a Ukrainian company called Fire Point.
A smaller missile called FP7 is being checked and approved by Ukraine's defense ministry.
A bigger missile called FP9 could be ready later this year.
Zelenskyy also said many soldiers from North Korea might come to Russia to help.
Russia attacked the city of Kyiv during the night, and some people were hurt or killed.
The war has been going on for about five years.
Zelenskyy said ballistic missiles made by Ukrainian firm Fire Point could be ready for combat within two to three months and likely hit Russia during the fall.
Fire Point's FP7 ballistic missile is being certified by Ukraine's defence ministry, a process expected to be completed within a month.
The larger FP9 missile, capable of reaching Moscow, is expected to be ready by late fall.
Zelenskyy said a decision has been made to deploy 30,000 to 50,000 North Korean troops on Russian territory.
Russian overnight attacks on 8 August killed at least four people in Kyiv and the surrounding region, including a three-year-old child, and injured eight others.
- Who
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian missile firm Fire Point, Russia, and North Korea
- What
- Zelenskyy said Ukraine's domestically made ballistic missiles could be ready within months and hit Russia in the fall, and that 30,000 to 50,000 North Korean troops could be deployed to Russia; Russia launched overnight attacks on Kyiv.
- When
- Interview and overnight attacks on 8 August; missiles expected within two to three months, with FP9 ready by late fall
- Where
- Ukraine, including Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast; the FP9 missile is capable of reaching Moscow, Russia
- Why
- Because of the Russia-Ukraine war, which has lasted roughly five years, as Russia intensifies its military offensive
- Missile developer
- Fire Point, a Ukrainian firm
- FP7 certification
- Expected to be completed within a month
- FP9 readiness
- Expected by late fall; capable of reaching Moscow
- Combat readiness timeline
- Within two to three months
- First missile interception target
- Mid-2027, under the Freya programme
- Reported North Korean troop deployment
- 30,000 to 50,000 troops to Russia
- Kyiv attack casualties (8 August)
- At least 4 killed, 8 injured
- Conflict duration
- Roughly five years