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Oct 2, 2026

Adélie Pojzman-PontayHOST
3:30
Thank you for the result.
Adélie Pojzman-PontayHOST
3:31
Next up, production." The missile is made by Ukrainian defense company, Firepoint, has a two-hundred-kilometer range and carries a one hundred and fifty kilogram warhead.
Adélie Pojzman-PontayHOST
3:42
The same firm is also working on the FP-9 ballistic missile, which, with its range of up to eight hundred and fifty-five kilometers, could be used to strike Moscow.
Adélie Pojzman-PontayHOST
3:52
Marking Ukraine's Defenders Day on Thursday, Zelensky thanked all of our defenders who are working to return Russia's sick war to where it came from.
Mike BakerHOST
7:22
But the fact that Ukraine has gotten this weapon from the development stage into combat is very significant.
Mike BakerHOST
7:28
The FP-7 is built by the Ukrainian defense company Firepoint and has a reported range of roughly two hundred kilometers.
Mike BakerHOST
7:35
That's approximately a hundred and twenty-five miles.
Mike BakerHOST
7:38
The missile can also carry a warhead of around three hundred and thirty pounds.
Mike BakerHOST
7:42
Firepoint has compared it to the American-made ATACMS missiles that Ukraine has received from the U.S., but says the Ukrainian weapon can be produced for roughly half the cost, and that's really where this becomes important.
Mike BakerHOST
7:54
For years, Ukraine's ability to conduct precision missile strikes beyond the immediate front lines has depended heavily on weapons supplied by the U.S. and other Western countries.
Mike BakerHOST
8:04
That means Kyiv has also been dependent on Western stockpiles, Western production capacities, and in some cases, political decisions about how those weapons can be used.
Mike BakerHOST
8:34
Zelensky's message points to the next challenge, production.
speaker_0NARRATOR
0:32
Glory to Ukraine." While Zelenskyy refrained from revealing the exact target location, launch time, or specific military unit responsible for executing the strike, his statement signals that the weapon system has officially transitioned from the experimental development and testing phase into active operational service on the battlefield.
speaker_0NARRATOR
0:53
The FP-7 tactical ballistic missile is manufactured by Fire Point, a prominent Ukrainian defense enterprise that has rapidly expanded its research and production capabilities during the full-scale conflict.
speaker_0NARRATOR
1:06
Fire Point is already widely known for producing the FP-1 long-range attack drone and the FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile, both of which have been utilized extensively in Ukraine's long-range strike campaign against Russian military and industrial infrastructure.
speaker_0NARRATOR
1:22
Technical specifications published by the manufacturer indicate that the FP-7 possesses an effective strike range of up to two hundred and fifty kilometers, carrying a two hundred kilogram warhead designed to destroy fortified command structures, military staging areas, and air defense assets.
speaker_0NARRATOR
1:41
Additionally, developers have refined the missile's guidance systems to achieve a precision circular error probable of within fourteen meters, while simultaneously reducing manufacturing costs by thirty percent to enable sustainable large-scale production.
speaker_0NARRATOR
1:56
Beyond its primary surface to surface tactical attack role, the FP-7 program is also being positioned as a key component of broader European security efforts.
speaker_0NARRATOR
2:07
According to Fire Point, elements of the FP-7 system are currently being developed to serve as a ballistic interceptor within FREIA, a newly established multi-nation European missile defense initiative launched earlier this year.
speaker_0NARRATOR
2:22
This dual capability highlights Ukraine's intent not only to establish independent deep strike options capable of hitting critical high-value military targets without relying exclusively on Western-supplied arms, but also to integrate its battle-tested technology directly into European defense architectures.
speaker_0HOST
1:14
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the weapon had completed its first battlefield strike and that the next step would be larger production.
speaker_0HOST
1:21
The missile was developed by the Ukrainian company Firepoint.
speaker_0HOST
1:25
Ukrainian politics and government Ukraine and the European Commission said they had found ways to cover Ukraine's budget and defense needs for 2026.
speaker_0HOST
1:34
They also agreed to move quickly on a 45 billion euro Ukraine support loan for 2027, if the required conditions are met.
speaker_0HOST
3:42
tech, society, and culture.
speaker_0HOST
3:45
Nova Poshta faced a major DDoS cyber attack during the afternoon.
speaker_0HOST
3:49
The company switched to backup systems and warned that some services could work with interruptions.
speaker_0HOST
3:54
By the evening, Nova Poshta said all services had been restored.
Tucker CarlsonHOST
34:03
Do you believe that Zelenskyy and his family have gotten richer during this war?
Yulia MendelGUEST
34:11
So, um, let's just stick to facts, right? Um, there is a company which is called FirePoint, and, uh, if you just Google, you will find that, um, Kyiv Independent, uh, it's a Ukrainian media outlet, uh, figured out that, uh, there is, uh, uh, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's long-term partner, business partner staying, uh, behind this company.
Yulia MendelGUEST
34:34
And, um, after our interview, there were wiretaps, uh, that were published, unfortunately, only in Ukraine.
Yulia MendelGUEST
34:41
And on these wiretaps produced by anti-corruption bodies, um, there were dialects between the Minister of Defense appointed by Zelenskyy, and then the partner of, uh, uh, President Zelenskyy talking about billions of euros that were going to, uh, FirePoint.
Yulia MendelGUEST
35:02
Uh, Ukraine today is drowning in corruption.
Yulia MendelGUEST
35:05
Corruption scandals about millions, millions, tens of millions of dollars are sounding every day.

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Yulia MendelGUEST
42:30
There is no better conditions for peace than now.
Tucker CarlsonHOST
42:35
My last question is, if it's clear that Ukraine can't win because the numbers don't add up, as you said, and that's been obvious since the very first day, why is Zelensky accelerating the attacks on Russian targets within Russia, Russian energy infrastructure, refineries, civilians? W- what is his thinking? Why would he do that?
speaker_0NARRATOR
2:24
Then there's the corruption angle.
speaker_0NARRATOR
2:27
Mendel points to reports involving Firepoint, allegations around AIDS close to Zelensky, and luxury mansions near Kiev.
speaker_0NARRATOR
2:35
She calls the war business in the blood.
speaker_0NARRATOR
2:39
What's interesting is her claim about Western media filtering out dissent.
speaker_0HOST
2:56
We are tracking the Palinetsia, the Peklo, Bars, Ruta and Long Neptune missiles.
speaker_0HOST
3:01
They work in a combined arms capacity alongside Firepoint FP-1 drones and the FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles.
speaker_1HOST
3:07
The capability exists, but you have to define the mechanism enabling it.
speaker_1HOST
3:11
How does a subsonic low altitude airframe built from commercial components penetrate an integrated air defense network over 2700 kilometers?
speaker_1HOST
5:23
The data presents a severe friction point.
speaker_1HOST
5:25
Stated production figures show Ukraine manufactured 4 million drones in 2025 and established a centralized target of 7 million for 2026.
speaker_0HOST
5:35
Industrial conglomerates like Firepoint are producing hundreds of strike drones and an average of three cruise missiles daily.
speaker_0HOST
5:41
It is an asymmetric advantage.
Darren GerdesHOST
3:08
Uh, how we spent our summer.
Darren GerdesHOST
3:10
You know, that, that essay that you get when you come back from-- to school at the beginning of the school year, and you get, "Well, what did you do in the summer?" Well, Firepoint put this out.
Darren GerdesHOST
3:17
Over the past three months, Ukrainian defense forces used Firepoint systems to strike over one hundred Russian military energy and infrastructure targets across Crimea.
Darren GerdesHOST
3:27
Fifty percent of those targets were critical energy infrastructure that is trying to make it so it's untenable for them to be there.
Darren GerdesHOST
3:35
Twenty percent targeted transport networks, destroyed bridges and hubs to stop armor movement and supply offloading.
Melinda HaringGUEST
8:21
I went five times last year.
Melinda HaringGUEST
8:22
In December, I went out and I was lucky enough to go to Firepoint.
Melinda HaringGUEST
8:26
Firepoint is the Ukrainian company that is now making indigenous Ukrainian-made cruise missiles that are striking Russia with regularity.
Melinda HaringGUEST
8:35
So I was put in a van, Elon, and my phone was taken away from me.
Melinda HaringGUEST
8:40
And we went to the middle of a field in Kiev.
GerdesHOST
4:25
I like 10% in two weeks is a lot.
GerdesHOST
4:29
russia's s-400 launcher used in attacks on kiev was destroyed on september 17th ukraine's defense forces use fp1 drones to destroy this guy like that's what it looks like on the other side okay so these guys were used to attack ukrainians civilians peacefully sleeping disproportionately women elderly and children right and so it's good to get these off out of the out of the system okay Now, Europe, Firepoint put this out, Europe needs more missiles more than ever.
GerdesHOST
5:00
Since missiles require vast amounts of fuel, Firepoint is building a new solid rocket propellant plant in Denmark to supply fuel at scale.
GerdesHOST
5:08
We don't think about that.
GerdesHOST
5:09
We think about what's on the front end with the explosive charge, not how they're going to get there, but what it takes to feed a missile.
GerdesHOST
6:32
More missiles needed, more fuel, so they're making more fuel.
GerdesHOST
6:35
So we're building it in the kitchen.
GerdesHOST
6:37
Firepoint is building a new solid rocket propellant plant in Denmark.

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