Work has started on a new rocket fuel factory in Denmark set to be the first time a Ukrainian weapons manufacturer will operate in a NATO country.

Production by Fire Point is expected to start in the spring. The company says the plant is intended to remove a bottleneck in the manufacture of solid propellent for Kyiv's domestically made missiles.

Why It Matters

The Danish defense minister, Troels Lund Poulsen, said back in September Ukrainian firm Fire Point would open a manufacturing site in the southern town of Vojens. Less than 30 miles from fellow NATO member Germany, Vojens already boasts an advanced fighter jet base.

Fire Point, which has emerged as one of Ukraine's most prominent defense players, is pumping out Flamingo long-range cruise missiles hailed by Ukrainian President Vol

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