Ukraine Fires FP‑5 Missile Deep Inside Russia
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the Ukraine military hit the VNIIR‑Progress drone and missile plant in Cheboksary, a city in the Chuvash Republic, with an FP‑5 Flamingo cruise missile. The strike was reported to have caused a fire and damaged facilities that supply the Russian army with components for drones and missiles. Local officials confirmed that the city suffered three injuries but declined to comment on the level of damage to the plant.
In the same day, Ukraine announced it also struck the Mariupol port, a Russian‑owned refinery in Samara and a "shadow fleet" tanker in the Black Sea. Kyiv’s Drone Operation Centre said its drones have repeatedly targeted critical Russian infrastructure, citing two deaths and 26 injuries across four Ukrainian regions in the past 24 hours.
Russia’s air defence reported intercepting 326 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions overnight, while the Ukraine air force claimed it shot down 181 of 207 drones launched by Russia, with 21 direct hits recorded at 14 sites.
The FP‑5 Flamingo missile carries a 1,150‑kg warhead and boasts a range of about 3,000 km, putting Moscow and other major Russian cities within striking distance. Kyiv and its allies continue developing new missile systems to put pressure on Moscow and force a negotiated settlement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far rejected diplomatic overtures from Zelenskiy, insisting that Russian troops are advancing everywhere on the front line – a claim at odds with recent evidence of a largely static front.
