Conflict · FP-5 Flamingo strikeUkraine Hits Russian Rocket Centre Deep Inside Russia as Drone Barrage Kills ChildAired August 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Ukraine struck deep inside Russia0:01overnight, hitting the Progress Rocket0:04and Space Center in Samara, a facility0:06that develops and manufactures rockets0:08and space vehicles where hits and fires0:10were reported. The same operation also0:13[music] hit the Sevastolika airbase in0:14the Nizhny Novgorod region where hits0:16and fires were also reported and struck0:18an oil facility at Ust-Luga near the0:20Estonian border. [music] The strikes0:22reach far beyond the front line. Samara0:24deep in the Volga region, Sevastolika0:26[music]0:26in Western Russia, and Ust-Luga on the0:29Baltic near Estonia marking a sharp0:31expansion in long-range targeting of0:33strategic [music] rocket production and0:34military airfield infrastructure.0:36Overnight into Saturday, 152 drones and0:39[music] loitering munitions were0:40launched at Ukraine and 124 were shot0:43down or neutralized by air defenses.0:45Even with that interception rate,0:47[music] the barrage killed one child and0:49injured at least 53 people across0:51several Ukrainian regions. [music]0:52President Volodymyr Zelenskyy identified0:54the weapon used at Samara as the FP-50:57Flamingo cruise missile, and Ukraine's0:58[music] General Staff confirmed the hits1:00and fires at the Progress Center and the1:02airbase. No independent confirmation of1:04the damage at Samara, Sevastolika, or1:06Ust-Luga has been made available. No1:09Russian Defense Ministry response was1:10included, and the precise locations of1:12the casualties and the verifiability of1:14the launch and interception counts1:15remain the most consequential unresolved1:17questions.1:19Like and follow for more stories that1:20matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗