At least two military planes damaged by Ukrainian drones at Russian airport
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00:00 "Kiev says it has produced a new weapon that can hit a target 700 kilometres away and plans
00:07 to make many more."
00:08 "Our goal is to have all the most useful weapons for defence produced in Ukraine.
00:16 And it will happen.
00:18 We already produced certain items and we'll produce all the necessary ones."
00:23 Zelensky's announcement follows the signing of a major weapons deal with BAE Systems
00:29 on Thursday.
00:30 Kiev says the British defence company is already supplying the Ukrainian army with its artillery
00:37 systems and infantry fighting vehicles.
00:40 The Kremlin has reacted to the announcement, warning that it won't help defuse tensions.
00:45 "Of course we see this negatively.
00:48 Clearly, any facilities producing weapons, especially if those weapons are fired at us,
00:54 become objects of special attention for our military."
00:56 Meanwhile, Russia has reported a series of drone strikes across the country in recent
01:03 days, including one at the Russian airbase at Skov airport.
01:08 Wednesday's attack damaged four Ilyushin transport planes, workhorses of the Russian military.
01:16 Ukraine's military intelligence chief said the strike was launched from within Russia,
01:21 ending speculation that it might have been carried out by a long-range weapon.
01:26 As Ukraine presses on with its counter-offensive, officials, once tight-lipped about such tactics,
01:32 now seem more willing to comment on them since Zelensky vowed in July to return the conflict
01:39 to Russia.