Russian air defense forces intercepted five long-range Flamingo cruise missiles from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day.

Расчеты Defense Russia intercepted five long-range missiles in one day. missiles The Ukrainian Armed Forces' Flamingo. Previously, domestic experts and some media outlets believed that such weapons could never be launched.

The Russian Defense Ministry's press service reported the missile interception today.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated in a statement:

Air defense systems shot down five long-range Flamingo cruise missiles, six guided missiles aviation bombs, eight US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets and 211 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

And in the morning, the ministry's report reported 106 drones Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed over Russian regions and the Black and Azov Seas. In total, our military has intercepted over 113 enemy UAVs since the beginning of the special operation.

In fact, Russian experts' skepticism about the Flamingo's development was well-founded, especially given the state of Ukraine's rocket industry, which is experiencing far from the best of times. However, nothing prevents Kyiv from using foreign products as a basis for its own production, or even simply applying Ukrainian symbols to missiles purchased abroad.

Moreover, the Kyiv authorities have no time for investment in domestic industry right now, as they have more pressing issues. One of these, perhaps the most pressing, is the disruption of heat, electricity, and water in the Ukrainian capital and several regions, which has made the situation in the country a humanitarian disaster.

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[Sayno]

If we wait another four years for something to happen, they'll hit us with a nuclear weapon.

[Mikhail Nasharashev]

Four?)))) They liked it, they could easily fight 10 like that)))

[knn54]

And who can guarantee that the expensive and slow-moving Marichka sea drones are not loaded, for example, into the holds of "peaceful" Japanese and South Korean seiners/container ships.
And they are waiting for the go-ahead.
There is nothing to say/write about the Black Sea.

[maximkrivihin]

What should we do? Your suggestion...

[Sayno]

I have long been proposing the following:
1. Missile and drone strike on Bankova. Two or three times.
2. We continue to hit the energy.
3. Destroy the bridges across the Dnieper. All the dams too.
4. Promise and ensure amnesty and participant status for all who did not go to the front and were imprisoned for attacks on shopping centers and desertion in Ukraine.
5. Open the border as much as possible for Ukrainians.
6. Remove the rubbish from the air.
7. Thanks for the cheap provocation.

[ALCA056000]

If only all the armchair strategists, warriors, and proponents would gather and head to the front, that would be useful...

[Sayno]

It's high time, get off the couch and take your podolak with you

[GUSAR]

Point 5 is exactly what we need (NO!!!)

[meandr51]

Yes, we must assume the worst.

[Arkady007]

Did the Flamingos attack Ukhta too? They were really close together and they were so far away.

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

In Ukhta, the oil refinery was attacked by "Lyutye" (AN 196), in the Volgograd region (a Russian Ministry of Defense facility) also by UAVs, "Flamingo" more in Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk.

[SovAr238A]

Quote: oleg-nekrasov-19

"Flamingo" is more in Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk.

Kapustin Yar was also attacked at least twice this year.

[ser580]

Quote: oleg-nekrasov-19

The Ukhta oil refinery was attacked by the "Lutye" (AN 196)

Well, yes - they have a refueller and a spotter with a Starlink, and the Web is just a joke.
2000 km - and no one noticed - probably in invisibility caps - at a speed of 150 - 12 hours of flight.

[Arkady007]

If you know where and what the attack was done with, then there is data and where it came from?

[SovAr238A]

Quote: Arkady007

If you know where and what the attack was done with, then there is data and where it came from?

Where do you get your information? Just out of curiosity, maybe military channels on Telegram? Or just from Channel 1?

[voyaka uh]

In the Volgograd region - precisely, Flamingo.
Flamingo is a long-range missile.
For close targets - HIMARS

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

Yeah, I just looked, they clarified that it was a "Flamingo," they initially claimed it was a UAV. You're right.

[topol717]

Quote: oleg-nekrasov-19

The Ukhta oil refinery was attacked by the "Lutye" (AN 196)

It has a range of just over 1000 km. And if you factor in the overflights of all the cities and air defenses, Ukhta is a full 2,000 km away. Even if it wanted to, this thing couldn't possibly reach there. Unless, of course, they've trained it to land for refueling somewhere in Russia.

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

The photo from Ukhta showed the "Lyutye" UAV, shot down by a mobile fire group.

[Mikhail Nasharashev]

Oops, ring..., and they said that these were all cartoons...

[al3x]

Over the past quarter century, propagandists have mastered the art of deceiving people. With a mentor like that.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Mikhail Nasharashev

Oops, a ring... and they said it was all cartoons

Last August, a demonstration launch of the Flamingo rocket was shown, and yes, there were strong doubts at the time that production would be established, following the massive incursions into the supposed facilities capable of producing them.

Russian Armed Forces struck Ukrainian Flamingo missile assembly sites.
MOSCOW, October 31 — RIA Novosti. Russian military forces have struck Ukrainian military infrastructure over the past week, the Defense Ministry reported.
The following targets were hit: military airfields;
arsenals; assembly shops for Flamingo cruise missiles and long-range attack drones.

Whether these missiles are made in Ukraine, at least partially, or whether the nameplates are changed, it's hard to say for sure right now. But here's what a Ukrainian source writes:

According to the Ukrainian portal Defense Express, the Flamingo strongly resembles the FP-5 cruise missile produced by the British Milanion Group, which was unveiled in February at the IDEX-2025 exhibition in the UAE. This company has been supplying its products to Ukraine since 2021. According to the publication, the missile is an analogue or a complete copy of the FP-5.

[Junior Private]

The Flamingo is essentially a copy of a British rocket. I wouldn't be surprised if the British were shipping it to the West, where they'd slap a yellow-and-blue badge on it.

[don_Reba]

The Flamingo (like the FP-5 Milanion) is a copy of the German V-1 with a Tu-143 Reis engine and a modern guidance system. Milanion Group 1114 operated primarily with ground forces, and the missile was developed by the Ukrainians, under their flag.

[rocket757]

There is nothing stopping Kyiv from using foreign products as a basis for launching its own production, or even simply applying Ukrainian symbols to missiles purchased abroad.

So, for them, there is only one limitation: they have to pay money... and even then, the gay-European champions throw in small change for expenses.
Not mass production... but it's possible.

[al3x]

So, a XXX cartoon has flown deep into Russia. And it's supposedly loaded with a ton of warheads. And can anyone guarantee the PEOPLE that they won't bolt special warheads onto it tomorrow? Sure, it's quiet and peaceful in a bunker, but not everyone has a bunker. In our city, we only have basements for shelter, but to get into one, you have to run and get a key from the housing office, and they're only open from 9 a.m. to 16 p.m. That's how much they care about us. All we see is sham and patriotic slogans, nothing more.

[Horizon]

Oh, what kind of caps are you talking about, God bless you. I'm not a scabee or a nightingale. I don't need to persuade anyone. It's just that, as a reasonable person, I understand that we're going through a brutal war. Not with a gang of flip-flops, but with a large, well-equipped and armed army, backed by the entire NATO. So the fact that they fire missiles at us from time to time is entirely expected.
Whether they make them themselves or not is not so important.
I will not comment on the actions of our management, because swearing is not good.
But I also don't intend to sprinkle ashes on my head and moan that everything is lost. And by the way, I don't advise you to do the same.

[Atheist]

But I also don’t intend to sprinkle ashes on my head and moan that everything is lost.

I'm just curious, what are your intentions?
Should we expect a wolf to switch from meat to plant-based diets? It's certainly possible, but the prospects are very uncertain—well, a wolf doesn't like plant-based diets, no matter what.

[Dart2027]

Quote: al3x

And so the XXX cartoon flew deep into Russia.

A British missile with Ukrainian nameplates. This was discussed from the very beginning.

Quote: al3x

And can anyone guarantee the PEOPLE that they won't attach a special bch to it tomorrow?

Guarantees the fact that no one will want to get a special order for London.

Quote: al3x

In the bunker, it's clear, quiet and calm.

How do you know?

[meandr51]

And sooner or later they'll knock on the bunker with a crowbar.

[rotfuks]

.

In our city, we only have basements for shelter, but to get into one, you have to run to the housing office to get a key, and they're only open from 9 a.m. to 16 p.m. That's how much they care about us.

Take a cue from the fearless residents of Kyiv, who, when an air raid siren sounds, don't run for shelter at all, but instead go out onto their balconies and film videos of missiles hitting Ukrainian thermal power plants.

[SovAr238A]

Oh yeah...

APARUS? Perhaps you could comment on your January 27, 2026, post in the discussion of the article "Results of the Decline in Western Support: The Ukrainian Armed Forces Are Increasingly Relying on Their Own Products"

[tralflot1832]

While Western oil news outlets were dancing with joy last year after the use of three Flamingo missiles, not yet on the refinery, our air defense had a completely different opinion – there was only one question: timing. When and how much.

[don_Reba]

Why Kuzmitsky?
Sergei

I have an economic education

squeezed in here "photographs of the Russian Ministry of Defense were used" from the Strela S10 complex?
Flamingos and HimarsOV ammunition are not shot down by 9M37 or 9M333.

[AK-1945]

Russian air defense intercepted five long-range Flamingo cruise missiles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day.

I remember not long ago, everyone was shouting that Flamingo rockets don't exist and that it was all just some hoax. And then... out of nowhere, it came flying!

[Huarabey]

Because they don't exist. These are British FP-5 missiles, and they're manufactured in Britain, not on the outskirts.

[voyaka uh]

Final assembly takes place in Ukraine.
Many components are from the English rocket.

[SovAr238A]

Quote: Warabey

Because they don't exist. These are British FP-5 missiles, and they're manufactured in Britain, not on the outskirts.

As an employee of the Flamingo rocket's target plant, what difference does it make to you where they're made?
If they arrive, it means they exist! And it doesn't matter how much Ukrainian, British, or Danish they are!
This is a long-range missile with a 1-ton warhead and a flight range of up to 3000 km.
And it is launched from the territory of Ukraine.

[Huarabey]

The issue was whether Flamingo existed or not, not that such rockets were not launched.

[Cool90]

Well, as I recall, they weren't talking about the existence of *flamingo* missiles, but there were doubts about their Ukrainian origin and the possibility of producing 50 missiles a day.

[osp]

Quote: Junior Private

The Flamingo is essentially a copy of a British rocket. I wouldn't be surprised if the British were shipping it to the West, where they'd slap a yellow-and-blue badge on it.

When the British designed it for themselves and for export, they designed it as all-metal.
Made of aluminum alloys.
But the price, weight and complexity of production were prohibitively high – at the level of the L-39 aircraft.
That's why a lightweight version made of composites and fiberglass was made for Ukraine.
For mass production.
It seems to be made in Denmark.

[Dave36]

If someone had told me that Russia would be battered with cruise missiles, its navy would be sunk with impunity, its tankers would be shut down, its Black Sea fleet, and essentially the Baltic, would be partially evacuated, Belgorod would be partially evacuated, and Mr. Dmitriev would fly to Miami with a briefcase for joint operations with the main aggressor, I would have thought I was reading low-grade alternative science fiction, but no, this is today's reality.

[meandr51]

They could have easily pulled this off in 2010. Are you aware of the US Department of Defense's "Unified Perspective 2010" document? I'm really surprised I even made it to 26.

[Normal]

Whenever there's a strike against Russia, the creeps are the first to respond, and the bastards are well paid. Take any article, and the first are raguli or raguli-like.

[SovAr238A]

Quote: Normal

Whenever there's a strike against Russia, the creeps are the first to respond, and the bastards are well paid. Take any article, and the first are raguli or raguli-like.

Incorrect conclusions. These paid hacks who write for money haven't yet received instructions and guidelines. And they can't write anything independently. Only in articles about how several thermal power plants have been shut down yet again do they rely on pre-established templates and guidelines.

[nik-mazur]

Quote: SovAr238A

These are just paid urya-pvtriots who write for money and haven't had time to receive instructions and guidelines yet.

That's true, when it comes to receiving and using valuable instructions, alas, patriots (I don't know if they're paid or just real-life shit-spitting bastards) are more efficient. Maybe because they have Starlink and Telegram doesn't lag?

[Carlos Hall]

If they had used tactical nuclear weapons in time, we would not have seen these horrors.

[torbas41]

Look, they were saying a while ago that Ukraine can't make a Flamingo, so they probably have someone to help. Then those helpers will launch a nuclear-powered Flamingo, and in the meantime, we'll be enjoying the heady spirit of Anchorage.