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>I mean if I'm being completely honest, that's probably a Tu-141 more than anything. Just with a modern guidance system instead of the old 1970's one. Wouldn't even be surprised if they are even reusing frames from them.
Hold on a minute... I was almost certain that it was a pulse jet given that it is slower than the Tu-141.. but it's not!

They actually use a turbine engine and still have dogshit flight performance (cruise speed right in between the Tu-141 and V-1).
This engine choice makes it very vulnerable to supply chain attacks....

The engine in question is the Ivchenko AI-25, made by Motor Sich (the company that repeatedly has its factories destroyed).

For those uninitiated: A turbofan engine is a mechanically extremely complex machine with very low tolerances for manufacturing errors.
The turbine blades are usually within 1-2 mm of the engine walls and rotating at something like 4000 rpm on a fan that has steel blades with (in this case) 550mm diameter.
Any misalignment or wobbling will cause a catastrophic failure of the engine and crash the vehicle, so this can't be done in any metal workshop (not even most factories for other engines will do).
A pulsejet can.

Naturally, Ukraine decided to select an engine that is only produced in one factory (+China... who won't export it).
Sometimes I wonder if they are in the fight to intentionally lose as hard as possible.