Does Ukraine have a secret weapon? Rumours as Russian bomber destroyed | Weird News

No propaganda machine would be working if it did not promote a ‘miracle weapon’ during a time of war.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears the start of its third year, rumours are swirling that a secret weapon – supplied by Nato – was deployed to down Putin’s £260 million spy plane and a £30 million bomber jet above the Azov Sea.

Whether the claim came from inside Ukraine, or was spread by Vladimir Putin’s puppets on Telegram, remains unclear – but whispers of a state of the art armament refuse to go away.

But does such a weapon really exist?

In what is the first time Metro.co.uk has spoken to a source so close to Ukraine’s central government, security adviser Ivan Stupak tells us that for now at least, the answer is no.

‘We need something that could break the enemy’s lines in occupied territories but for now, it does not exist,’ he says.

‘Every single day, Ukraine fires about 2,000 missiles, while Russia fires 10,000 – five times what we are able to. It is a huge difference.’

Ukraine’s gunpowder

Mr Stupak, a former officer in the Security Service of Ukraine and now an adviser to the parliament’s national security, defence and intelligence committee, says Ukraine needs something as groundbreaking as ‘the invention of gunpowder in China in the 9th century’ to defeat Russia’s army.

Western hesitancy to send weapons to Ukraine is costing lives on the frontline, allowing Putin’s army to gain more territory by the day.

Becoming a peripheral concern for the West, more and more Nato members have pledged their support – but some have failed to deliver on their promises.

And with weapons supply dwindling, Mr Stupak stresses it is becoming impossible to defend against Putin’s military might, recently enriched by North Korea.

The White House in October claimed Kim Jong-un’s administration had sent more than 1,000 containers of equipment and munitions to Moscow.

Against this backdrop, Mr Stupak says Ukraine will have to engage in dialogue with Russia as the army is ‘outnumbered’.

A troubling admission

In a telling admission, Mr Stupak concedes that Volodymyr Zelensky will have to negotiate with the Kremlin.

Focusing on the supply of weapons from its allies, Mr Stupak says Ukraine is still ‘dreaming’ of long-range missiles, like British-supplied Storm Shadows or the French-promised Scalps.

He adds: ‘We need more and more missiles with a large range of firing to reach Crimea for example and other occupied territories.’

To help with the shortage of weapons, Mr Stupak says every second home in Ukraine should be handmaking cheap FPV drones.

‘They cost between $500 and $800 to make, and can be game-changing. FPV drones are able to carry up to four kilograms of explosives, or one shell,’ he says.

‘It is essentially a bee with a grenade. And you can operate this bee and target an armoured personnel carrier, or even a tank.

‘It is a powerful weapon, but with a small range – just maybe 10km. Every second household should be making them to support Ukrainian soldiers and save their lives.

‘They take a couple of hours to make and tutorials are available online.’

Fear and fatigue

Returning to the prospect of Ukraine winning the war, Mr Stupak admits that his government will be forced to begin talks with Russia.

‘It is not impossible for us to defeat the enemy. Maybe Putin will die soon or the people will revolt, like it happened in the republic of Bashkortostan,’ he says.

‘But our soldiers are tired. Our manpower is not big enough to rotate them often enough.’

Mr Stupak’s comments come just days after the Ukrainian president stressed that his Russian counterpart will not stop and listed several Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova as his next targets.

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