Ukraine has developed its first domestically made guided aerial bomb, according to Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov.

Fedorov said the project took 17 months to complete. The munition was created by Ukrainian engineers under the Brave1 program and has already passed testing, making it ready for use in combat conditions.

According to the statement published on the minister’s Telegram channel, the weapon is not a copy of Western or Soviet designs, but a Ukrainian-built system intended to strike fortifications, command posts and other enemy targets at a depth of several dozen kilometers after launch.

Fedorov said the new bomb can hit targets at ranges measured in dozens of kilometers, while its warhead weighs up to 250 kilograms. He added that Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has already purchased the first experimental batch. Pilots are now working through possible deployment scenarios and adapting the weapon to the realities of the conflict.

The minister stressed that Ukraine is gradually moving away from buying individual ready-made solutions and toward developing its own high-tech weapons. In his view, the country is scaling up systems that increase strike range and accuracy and reshape the way modern warfare is conducted.

Several days earlier, Fedorov said Ukraine had its own equivalents of Germany’s long-range Taurus missiles.