Flamingo missile reportedly strikes Russian Shahed, Iskander component facility amid large-scale Ukrainian attack
Russian Telegram channels reported a Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missile damaged a plant that makes electronic warfare components for Shahed drones and Iskander-K missiles.
- On Tuesday, May 5, Ukrainian forces launched a large-scale missile and drone attack, reportedly striking the JSC VNIIR-Progress military-industrial site in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, with photos showing a large fire at the facility.
- Russian Telegram channels reported a Ukrainian-made FP-5 Flamingo missile inflicted the damage; the facility develops Kometa antenna arrays used in high-precision weapons, which President Volodymyr Zelensky called Ukraine's "most successful missile."
- Situated 1,200 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the strike occurred amid wider attacks across Russia, with explosions reported in Crimea, Voronezh, and Kazan.
- Local Governor Oleg Nikolayev claimed one person was injured in the Cheboksary attack, while Russian officials reported 16 drones downed over Leningrad Oblast and Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said one drone was downed approaching Moscow.
- This deep strike occurred less than a week before the May 9 Victory Day Parade, following a recent drone hit in a residential building seven kilometers west of the Kremlin.
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A video shows a Ukrainian attack with the cruise missile "Flamingo" on an armament factory in the Russian Cheboksary. A rocket rushes through the air.
New Ukrainian videos show local Flamingo missiles taking off to strike deep inside Russia
Zelenskyy released new videos of the FP-5 Flamingo launching in combat on Tuesday.Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy published new footage on Tuesday of Ukraine's Flamingo missiles taking off in combat.They were used to strike a military-industrial complex deep inside Russia.Footage of the attacks showed large explosions and fires in the Russian city of Cheboksary.Ukraine has published new clips of its homegrown FP-5 Flamingo missiles launching into b…
The Ukrainian military struck a Russian military factory in the city of Cheboksary on Tuesday night using Ukrainian-made Flamingo flat-trail missiles, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding that the missiles flew at least 1,500 kilometers.
Amateur videos from the Russian Cheboksary show how a Ukrainian rocket of the type "Flamingo" strikes into a factory building for navigation modules
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released footage of the attacks on Russian territory, saying that Flamingo missiles were used to hit targets more than 1,500 kilometers inside Russia. According to him, these attacks are part of the deep operations of the Ukrainian army and constitute a response to Russian attacks. He stressed that the targets included military-industrial complexes in the city of Cheboksary. Zelensky stated that the Flaming…
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