Ukraine hits Kapustin Yar test range with Flamingo missiles, where Oreshnik intercontinental missile system is based
Ukraine's defence forces carried out a series of strikes in January, including with Flamingo missiles, on the Kapustin Yar test range in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast, where the Russians have deployed the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile system.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Quote: "During January 2026, Ukraine's defence forces carried out a series of successful strikes on hangar-type buildings where pre-launch preparations of medium-range intercontinental ballistic missiles were conducted at the Kapustin Yar test range in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast."
Details: The General Staff reported that the strikes were carried out using long-range strike systems of Ukrainian production, including the FP-5 Flamingo missiles.
"According to available reports, a number of buildings at the test range sustained varying degrees of damage, one of the hangars was significantly damaged, and part of the personnel was evacuated from the site," the General Staff said.
Previously: In October 2025, The Economist reported, without citing specific sources, that Ukraine had begun using its own Flamingo missiles to strike targets on the Russian territory and was producing 2–3 missiles per day, with plans to increase production to 7 missiles per day by the end of October.
Background:
- According to the Air Force, during a missile attack on the city of Dnipro on 21 November 2024, Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile.
- On 9 January 2026, Colonel Yurii Ihnat, Head of the Communications Department of the Air Force Command, told Ukrainska Pravda that Russia may have struck Lviv Oblast from the Kapustin Yar test range in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast, where, as early reports indicated, the Oreshnik system is based.
- On 17 December 2025, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin stated that the Oreshnik missile system would be put on combat duty by the end of the year.
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