Kyiv Hit Russian Military Plant Using Ukrainian-Made Missile, Says Zelensky

Ukraine launched a strike on a Russian military facility deep within Russian territory overnight, utilizing its domestically produced FP-5 Flamingo missiles. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the attack on Wednesday, marking a significant deployment of Ukraine's flagship weapon system in strikes against Russia.

The target was a military plant in Cheboksary, the capital of Russia's Chuvashia region, located approximately 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from the Ukrainian border. Zelensky stated that the facility supplies the Russian army with components for drones and missiles. He released footage purportedly showing a missile heading towards its target and subsequent smoke plumes rising over Russian facilities.

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Last night Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingos struck a military plant in Cheboksary that supplies the occupier's army with components for drones and missiles.

Oleg Nikolayev, the governor of the Chuvashia region, confirmed that Cheboksary had been subjected to a rocket attack. He stated that authorities were working to ascertain the number of casualties and the extent of damage to infrastructure. This strike is the latest in a series of attacks on Russian territory carried out by Kyiv since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began over four years ago.

In addition to the Cheboksary strike, Ukraine's General Staff reported that the country also targeted an oil refinery in Russia's Samara region and a Russian tanker operating in the Black Sea. The use of the Flamingo missile, while developed by Ukraine, has been relatively rare.

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Early this morning, Cheboksary came under rocket attack. We are working to determine the number of casualties and the extent of damage to infrastructure.