Ukraine Codifies Dovbush T40 Drone With 2,000-Km Range for Deep Strikes

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 18

Ukraine's Defense Ministry formally codified the Dovbush T40, a domestically built strategic drone designed for reconnaissance, fire correction and precision strikes far beyond the front line.
The T40 is claimed to fly more than 2,000 kilometers and stay airborne for over 24 hours, giving Ukraine a theoretical reach into the Urals and western Siberia.
Built by the maker of the battlefield-used Dovbush T20 and Kotyhoroshko systems, the new platform can operate as a strike drone or release munitions and is described as low-observable and resistant to electronic warfare.
Officials did not disclose payload, production timing or planned unit numbers, and the drone's radar signature and electronic-warfare resilience have not been independently verified in combat.
The move fits Ukraine's broader push to expand self-sufficient long-range strike capacity, alongside reported increased use of domestically produced Flamingo cruise missiles against targets inside Russia.