Peklo

Ukraine's "Hell" — a jet-powered missile-drone that analysts treat as a miniature cruise missile, and the faster sibling of Palianytsia. Developed in under a year and already in serial production when it was unveiled, it flies a deep-strike profile against Russian refineries, depots and airfields — another piece of Ukraine's drive to build its own long-range arsenal rather than wait for Western permission.

Overview

Peklo (Пекло, "Hell") is a Ukrainian turbojet "missile-drone" — launched with a solid-fuel booster from a mobile platform, then cruising under jet power to hit stationary deep-strike targets (defence plants, fuel and oil facilities, depots, airfields) inside Russia. Built by Ukrainian Defence Industry (Ukroboronprom), it was unveiled by President Zelenskyy on 6 December 2024 — Ukraine's Armed Forces Day — already combat-proven and already in serial production. It is closely related to Palianytsia: near-identical in look and range, but the faster of the two (Wikipedia notes Peklo is "presumably based on" it). For BattlePolicy it is another node in Ukraine's sovereign deep-strike push, the affordable-mass strike family that also includes the FP-5 Flamingo and R-360 Neptune, and the mirror of Russia's jet Geran-3. One caveat up front: like its siblings it is a secretive program, so several figures are official-but-unverified or analyst inference.

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