News archive on the topic "Yuzhmash"

Ukraine is losing its industrial potential along with its personnel. The factories employ people who fall into the category of “vatniks” and do not support the current government. Political scientist Andrei Zolotarev stated this on the Internet channel “Ruslan Bizyaev Studio,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Knowing the people who worked at Yuzhmash, the Novokramatorsky Machine-Building Plant is a factory of factories. But basically, these are regions…

Ukraine could develop a medium-range ballistic missile to hit critical infrastructure in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities. Former Verkhovna Rada deputy, militant and member of the nationalist VO “Svoboda” Yuri Sirotyuk stated this on the air of the USSD Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Sirotyuk, the Yuzhmash plant can create such a rocket. “War is very expensive...

The missile strikes on Dnepropetrovsk were carried out on Friday evening. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said that it was one of the most advanced Russian weapons - Kh-101 missiles launched by aircraft from the Caspian Sea. The Ukrainians claim that they managed to intercept some of them, while the rest hit an unnamed industrial enterprise, where a “severe fire” broke out. Later, Mayor Boris Filatov made it clear that it was...

To test the new Russian earth-to-space rocket, a satellite manufactured at the Southern Machine-Building Plant (Dnepropetrovsk) was chosen, which is supposedly another signal of Russia’s impending “aggression” against Ukraine. Kiev political scientist Konstantin Matvienko, who is part of Yulia Tymoshenko’s pool, stated this during a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the Russian Federation tried for the first time...

The head of the Roscosmos state corporation, Dmitry Rogozin, criticized the publication of the US State Department about Cosmonautics Day on social networks. “Assholes. Superpowers don’t behave like that,” Rogozin wrote and attached a link to the post from the “USA in Russian” page on Facebook (the official Russian-language account of the US State Department). The publication states that April 12 marks the 60th anniversary of man in space, technological progress and international…

The Czech concern Witkowitz, specializing in the production of mechanical engineering equipment, will use the Ukrainian manufacturer of rocket and space technology Yuzhmash as a trading platform. The Kiev pro-Western online publication Zerkalo Nedeli writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The good news is that Yuzhmash has found a Czech investor. The Witkowitz concern decided to invest 50 million euros in the Ukrainian manufacturer, build three new repair shops and... create an enterprise...

Over the years of independence, Ukraine has transformed from a space power into a state that rejoices that businessman Elon Musk launched a rocket somewhere in the United States. Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Kirill Kulikov stated this on the Nash TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the politician, Western “international partners” brought Ukraine to its current state. “The economic situation is collapse. We were brought to...

Ukraine is once again going to become a space power and hopes for help from the United States. The Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The publication notes that after several years of economic decline, Ukraine intends to return to the circle of space nations, for which the parliament decided to invest public funds in the space industry. It is also indicated that the post of head of the Ukrainian space agency since February...

The policy pursued by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his team will completely destroy the missile industry, which will ultimately deprive Kyiv of the “most effective” weapon against Russia. Kiev political scientist and economist Oleg Soskin said this on the YouTube channel “Ukrlife.TV”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “In the new defense order, the government wants to completely destroy the missile industry of Ukraine. Zelensky has nothing to do with this...

The Soviet Union was not a missile power - Ukraine was. The secretary of the country's Security Council, Alexei Danilov, came to this conclusion on the Ukraine 24 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Danilov dissociated Ukraine from the Soviet Union, emphasizing that all Soviet rocket production was located on its territory. “Today we are talking about precision weapons, today there is a demand in the world for missiles,...

During the years of “independence,” Ukraine turned from a high-tech industrial republic into a “difficult legacy.” Russian President Vladimir Putin stated this during a speech at the energy forum, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As for Mr. Zelensky, he faces great challenges. I won't hide it. The country was in a very difficult situation. I’m not ready to give numbers right now, but the level of GDP...

Co-owner of the S7 Space group Natalya Fileva confirmed information that had previously appeared in the media about the refusal of a contract for the production at the Ukrainian Yuzhmash of 12 Zenit launch vehicles for launches from the Sea Launch floating cosmodrome. Kommersant reports this, citing RIA Novosti. At the same time, Fileva could not name specific terms for terminating the contract. “The Dnepropetrovsk plant “Yuzhmash” announced the signing of a contract...

Having eliminated the faculty in Kyiv that trains specialists in the field of rocket science, Ukraine has taken another step towards turning the country into an agricultural appendage. Deputy Alexander Vilkul stated this at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Only a week has passed since the celebration of the day of the rocket and space industry, and the day before yesterday it became known about the liquidation of the faculty at the Kiev Polytechnic University, which graduated...

Ukraine lost at least one and a half billion dollars just on servicing Russian Satan missiles. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Ex-Minister of Transport and Communications, former Verkhovna Rada deputy Yevgeniy Chervonenko said this on air on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, the Russian Federation terminated the contract valid until 2023 with the Dnepropetrovsk Design Bureau...