What will give Ukraine the edge? Fiber-optic drones or long-range cruise missiles? | DW News

Ukraine has announced a potential major breakthrough in its weapons production program -- testing its own long-range cruise missile. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the missile can travel 3-thousand kilometers. Moscow lies less than 500 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. The weapon is known as 'Flamingo' because a factory error tinted prototypes pink. Zelenskyy says production could start in February.

00:00 Ukraine testing its own long-range cruise missiles
00:43 Marina Miron, military analyst at King’s College London on long-range cruise missiles
04:34 Ukraine’s fiber-optics drones race on the battlefield with Russia
09:17 Marina Miron, military analyst at King’s College London on fiber-optic drones

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Post from DW News on August 21, 2025

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