Ukrainian Flamingo missiles strike military plant in large-scale attack on Russia, Zelensky confirms
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Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missiles struck a military factory supplying the Russian army with components for drones and missiles in the city of Cheboksary in Russia's Chuvash Republic overnight on June 10, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed.
"We continue to apply Ukrainian long-range sanctions against Russian military facilities and the oil industry," Zelensky said on X.
The attack on Cheboksary was part of a broader Ukrainian assault that also struck the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast, more than 900 kilometers (560 miles) from the front line, as well as two oil infrastructure facilities in Russia's Vladimir Oblast, 700 kilometers (435 miles) away, according to Zelensky.
Ukraine's General Staff later identified the target as the VNIIR-Progress plant in Cheboksary and confirmed a fire at the facility.
The VNIIR-Progress plant, which has been sanctioned by Ukraine, the U.S., and the European Union, produces satellite navigation receivers and Kometa antennas used in Shahed-type attack drones, Kalibr cruise missiles, Iskander-M ballistic missiles, and guided aerial bombs.
The strike followed earlier reports from Russian media and local authorities that an industrial facility in Cheboksary had been hit. Chuvash Republic Governor Oleg Nikolaev said three people were injured in the Ukrainian attack.
Ukrainian forces also struck the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Samara Oblast, with the General Staff confirming a fire at the facility. The refinery processes around 3.7 million tons of oil annually and supplies fuel products used by Russia's military-industrial sector and armed forces.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) said its Alpha special forces units struck the Vtorovo and Lobkovo oil pumping stations in Russia's Vladimir Oblast, about 700 kilometers (435 miles) from Ukraine. The facilities help supply diesel fuel to the Moscow Ring Oil Product Pipeline and transport petroleum products for export through Baltic Sea ports.
The SBU said local authorities reported fires at two infrastructure facilities following the attack, while NASA's FIRMS satellite monitoring system detected thermal anomalies near both sites.
In addition, the General Staff confirmed damage to the steering and propulsion systems of the Russian shadow fleet tanker West Horizon in the Black Sea. The vessel is used to transport Russian oil and petroleum products in circumvention of international sanctions.
Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that air defenses intercepted 326 Ukrainian drones across 19 Russian regions, Russian-occupied Crimea, and the Black Sea overnight on June 10. At the same time, the Chuvash Republic was not among the affected regions listed by the ministry.
Ukraine regularly strikes military infrastructure in Russia and occupied territories in an effort to reduce Moscow's ability to continue waging war.
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The Ukrainian military confirmed that a bridge near the village of Chonhar connecting occupied Crimea with Russian-controlled parts of southern Ukraine was damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike overnight on June 7.
In another attack on Crimea, Ukrainian drones struck the Semikolodiansk oil depot near the town of Yedi Quyu overnight on June 7, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces reported.
Meanwhile, drone operators from Ukraine's 3rd Special Operations Forces Regiment have taken aerial control of part of Russia's land supply route to occupied Crimea, the Ukrainian military reported on June 6.
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