**Ukrainian Volunteers Developing New, More Powerful Missile**
Ukrainian volunteers are working on a larger and more powerful version of the Trembita missile. The updated model can reach Moscow, according to reports.
The original Trembita was unveiled in 2023. It’s a cheaper alternative to Western or Russian missiles, and works like the V1 flying bombs used by Germany during World War II. One unit costs $3,000, and a warhead is priced at $15,000.
Developers have spent over a year creating the basic design of the weapon. The final field tests are still ongoing, but serial production is expected to follow soon.
**Importance of Long-Range Domestic Weapons**
Long-range domestic weapons are crucial to Ukraine’s defense strategy. They provide an alternative to Western arms and help compensate for a lack of artillery ammunition on the battlefield. Almost 100 new Peklo missile-drone hybrids have been produced, as the weapon entered serial production.
The Trembita is significantly cheaper than Western or Russian cruise missiles and operates like the V1 flying bombs used by Germany during World War II.
**Ukraine’s Defense Efforts**
President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that another Ukrainian missile, dubbed Ruta (Rue), passed tests successfully. The country is also developing a more powerful version of the Trembita missile, which can reach Moscow.
Meanwhile, Russia has suffered over 1,630 casualties just over the past day. Ukraine’s military airbase in Millerovo hosts aircraft used to attack Ukraine, and Italy has delivered 10 military aid packages to Kyiv since February 2022.
**European Support for Ukraine**
Europe is unlikely to ramp up weapons and ammunition production for Ukraine in the coming years, according to EU Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius. The Verkhovna Rada is drafting a bill that will allow Ukrainian students enrolled in universities abroad to freely cross Ukraine’s borders.
Anti-drone shelters are being constructed with funding to protect electricity transmission equipment and make Ukraine’s energy grid more reliable and resilient.
**US Imposes Additional Sanctions on Russian Oil**
The US plans to impose additional sanctions on Russian oil by the end of the year, targeting Russia’s “shadow fleet”. Ukraine’s National Securities and Stock Market Commission has announced that it will prohibit the withdrawal of foreign issuer securities, effective January 1.