Ukraine struck Russia's Progress Rocket Space Center in Samara with ground-launched FP-5 'Flamingo' cruise missiles, damaging what appears to be an avionics clean room. The facility assembles Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-5 rockets and builds military satellites, compounding an existing shortage of Soyuz launch vehicles.
Background
Ukraine has increasingly targeted Russian industrial and military infrastructure deep inside Russia using domestically developed cruise missiles, escalating the conflict beyond contested border regions.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10