The word "palianytsia" itself has always been a weapon. (It's crazy, but russians are unable to pronounce it; so, we Ukrainians use it as a check word to understand if we have rusnia in front of us). :) And yeap, it's a kinda local meme already, so it's brilliant to have a real weapon named like that now!
Offtop:
I spent one day in President Zelenskyi's hometown, and described it here a bit for those interested:
