When Ukrainian forces arrest a suspected Russian saboteur posing as a Ukrainian, they typically ask him to pronounce the Ukrainian word “palyanitsya” (bread) after a type of local bread, Foreign Policy magazine writes.
“Ukrainians can identify their enemies by the way they pronounce the word ‘bread.'” The suspect almost always reveals his nationality and political views by pronouncing the word with a different ending: “palyanitsa” in Russian, but “palyanitsa” in Ukrainian.
Ukrainians even called “Palyanitsya” a new superweapon in which they are investing a lot of hope. President Zelensky he even spoke of a weapon of a “completely new class,” as reported by Ukrainska Pravda.
What the weapon actually is: “A hybrid of a missile and a drone, because according to its specifications it fits both definitions,” says Ukrainian analyst Oleksandr Kamyshin. The weapon looks like a small rocket and has a tail fin and short wings.
The fact is that at the same time as the Ukrainian president announced the use of the new “miracle weapon”, an ammunition depot in the Russian region of Voronezh was hit by such a weapon.
Ukraine’s new “cruise missile”.
The Palyianitysa drone missile made its battlefield debut after being developed by the Ukrainian arms industry.
The Ukrainian president, who is in serious trouble after the loss of the first F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet purchased from European partners, is trying to boost the morale of his forces with Palyanitsya. “This is our new method of retaliation against the invader. It will be included in Ukraine’s missile program,” Zelensky said. “This missile drone is much faster than long-range drones – and more powerful,” he added.
Analyst H. Sutton, however, stresses that the new strategic weapon unveiled by Ukraine should be considered more like a cruise missile than a drone, and its insignia was probably chosen because it is “difficult for Russian speakers to pronounce”.
This cruise missile is based on a cylindrical body with simple control surfaces and two large fins in the front, powered by a jet engine in the rear. This new missile is even “cheaper” than a modified Neptune missile, widely used by the Ukrainians for their surgical “strikes” against Russian strategic targets.
10,000 Russian missiles
In two and a half years of totalitarianism warRussia has launched approximately 10,000 missiles of various types and more than 33,000 bombs against Ukraine. “To stop the attacks on our cities, it is necessary to strike at the carriers of these weapons, the Russian aircraft stationed at military airfields,” Zelensky said.
According to what was reported by the platforms dealing with the dissemination of information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Belgorod and Kursk sectors are now a “favorite target” of Ukrainian long-range drones, along with Crimea.
They further claim that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are stepping up kamikaze drone strikes deep into Russian territory after receiving permission from Washington to use Western weapons such as the GBU-39 air-launched “smart” bombs, while waiting to receive consent for the use of “long-range weapons for deep strikes on Russian territory.”