A single Flamingo FP-5 missile is capable of carrying about a ton of explosives and can travel up to 3000 km at low altitudes. Wednesday’s attack marked the second successful strike on Progress’ facilities in just over a month. Following the hit on the company’s administrative building on May 5, the complex was secured with drone nets.
Zelenskyy expressed gratitude in a statement to “the Armed Forces of Ukraine for their precision” in an operation that he confirmed targeted a plant supplying the occupier’s army with drone and missile components.
The Kometa antennas produced at the Progress factory have been a significant challenge for Ukrainian forces. Their enhanced version, introduced in early 2025, includes anti-jamming features that have made current electronic defense systems ineffective.
Ukrainian engineers have worked for months to unravel the antenna’s technology and devise ways to “spoof” them, but the Flamingo attacks could prevent them from reaching the battlefield.
“I can’t disclose how many Flamingos we produce monthly, but there are sufficient numbers stored,” Denys Shtilierman, co-owner and chief constructor of Fire Point, told POLITICO in April. “With an EU loan, they will be produced in greater quantities.”
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