🖋 Monitoring Section BBC

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on October 1, 2026, the first combat use of the tactical ballistic missile FP-7, built by the Ukrainian company Fire Point. However, questions remain about the long-range ballistic missile FP-9, which was promised to target Moscow in the summer of 2026.

The company has now postponed testing and completion of the FP-9 until late autumn. This delay, alongside large government budgets and unfulfilled promises, has raised questions about the real progress of Ukraine’s missile program.

Company executives said that European regulations have been a factor that has made missile propellant production more complicated. They also stated that unverified reports about Fire Point’s links to a sanctioned Ukrainian businessman, as well as agreements with the Danish government to produce missile fuel, have disrupted those efforts—a claim that the Danish government rejects.