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Ukraine Freyja missile defence project

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Ukraine continues to ~~push ahead with~~ advance the Freyja anti‑ballistic‑missile system. Deputy secretary Davyd Aloian reiterated that a minimum‑viable prototype is slated for the first half of 2027, and an international steering committee will convene shortly to refine R&D cost estimates. Fire Point has now signed agreements with over a dozen European firms—including Eurosam, Leonardo, Thales, Saab, Kongsberg and Diehl Defence—to supply radars, guidance units and the command‑centre, confirming the open‑source architecture that allows component swaps and keeps interceptor costs below €1 million each. President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted that Ukrainian manufacturers have reached the required technical level and expects the system to deliver operational results by 2026‑2027, positioning Freyja as a cost‑effective alternative to scarce U.S. Patriot units. The programme, launched at a Paris summit with ten European nations, remains on track for its first successful ballistic‑missile interception by mid‑2027. In August 2026 Zelensky announced orders to strike identified Russian defence firms to curb their supply chains, while noting recent successful tests of Ukraine’s indigenous ballistic‑missile efforts. He reaffirmed the Freyja project’s timeline, urging the United States and allies to provide additional air‑defence interceptors to protect Ukrainian forces as the system moves toward concrete results by the turn of 2026‑27.

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