"Three industry teams would each get 9m to design, develop and deliver their first three Nightfall missiles within 12 months for test firings, said the MoD. Ukraine's current ballistic missiles include Atacms, for which it relies on the US, and the self-developed Sapsan. Russia was again attacking Kyiv early on Monday, the Ukrainian military said, sparking a fire in at least one district. Ukrainian air defences were at work against incoming targets, said Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration."
"Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, said that despite repairs the situation was still extremely difficult, particularly in border regions. At the Vatican, Pope Leo offered prayers for the people of Ukraine, saying the particularly serious strikes on energy infrastructure were hitting the civilian population hard, just as the cold weather is getting worse I pray for those who are suffering and renew my appeal for an end to violence and for efforts to achieve peace to be intensified."
Britain has launched Nightfall, a rapid-development program for ground-launched ballistic missiles capable of carrying a 200kg warhead beyond 500km. Nightfall missiles will be mobile, launchable from various vehicles, able to fire multiple missiles in quick succession and withdraw within minutes to strike key military targets before an opponent can respond. Three industry teams will each receive 9m to design, develop and deliver three prototype missiles within 12 months for test firings. Ukraine currently fields ATACMS supplied by the US and the domestically developed Sapsan. Renewed Russian attacks on Kyiv have caused fires, left more than 1,000 apartment buildings without heating, and coincided with Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy facilities.
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