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Residents of Zaporizhia have published footage of close-in strikes by Russian FAB-500 bombs with UMPK modules. The video was filmed from two vehicles. The targets hit are unknown.
Rare footage of four Russian UMBP D-30SN guided aerial bombs striking a temporary Ukrainian army deployment site in buildings in the village of Dobropillya in Donbas. The strike was carried out by a Russian Su-34 frontline fighter-bomber.
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Imagery shows the aftermath of the July 6 strike on the permanent deployment site of Russia’s 26th Missile Brigade near Luga. The brigade is one of Russia’s key units equipped with Iskander-M ballistic missile systems. #Ukraine
New footage of the Russian Yolka interceptor drone in action in Ukraine. The video shows the destruction of a Ukrainian DARTS UAV and two drones of an unknown type.
The Russian army launched a second Iskander missile strike on Kyiv on the night of July 8. The strike hit the Ukrainian company Samsung-Ukraine, which produced and stored components for FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles. A drone assembly plant, a motor depot on the territory of Kyivmetrobud, and warehouses used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kyiv's Desnyansky district were also hit.
Ukrainian Drone Raid Hits 10 Russian Ships, Crippling Crimea Supply Lines
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck 10 vessels, including 8 shadow fleet oil tankers, severely disrupting Russian logistics to occupied Crimea.
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Safran supplies the guidance system for the Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo long-range cruise missile
Last month, industrial sites belonging to the Russian companies VNIIR-Progress and Titan-Barrikady [a Roscosmos subsidiary] were hit by Ukrainian strikes carried out in Cheboksary [on June 10] and Volgograd [on June 27], respectively. Both sites shared the common feature of being targeted by FP-5 Flamingo long-range missiles.
With a profile similar to the Soviet Tu-141 drone [though others might see a resemblance to the V-1], this vehicle was unveiled in August 2025 by the Ukrainian company FirePoint—which developed it with the support of the Anglo-Emirati group Milanion—just days before its first operational use against an FSB [Russian domestic intelligence agency] base in Crimea.
Powered by an Ivchenko AI-25 turbofan engine, the FP-5 Flamingo carries a 1,150-kilogram warhead over a maximum range of 3,000 km, flying at a cruising speed of 850 km/h [950 km/h top speed] and an altitude of 16,000 feet. Approximately thirty units are reportedly produced each month.
To navigate to its target, the FP-5 Flamingo uses a GPS and inertial guidance system—details of which FirePoint had previously disclosed almost nothing about. However, as reported by the daily newspaper *Le Monde* during the Eurosatory land-air defense trade show, the Ukrainian company revealed that the component in question was supplied by Safran. It further added that the French group was also participating in the "development of other products," without providing further details.
For its part, Safran confirmed that, through its subsidiary Safran.AI (formerly Preligens), it was supplying other "Ukrainian operators" with various types of equipment, including navigation systems, electro-optical systems, anti-drone countermeasures, and intelligence analysis support solutions.
In any case, the specific guidance system supplied to FirePoint by Safran was not disclosed. The manufacturer markets several solutions, such as the ICONYX inertial navigation unit, which is inherently resilient to the jamming of satellite-based positioning (GNSS) signals.
It is also possible that the FP-5 Flamingo’s guidance system is derived from the one developed by Safran for the A2SM (*Armement Air-Sol Modulaire*, or "Hammer") weapon system—much like the Thundart rocket, developed by MBDA under the FLP/T (*Frappe Longue Portée / Terrestre* or Long-Range Ground Strike) program led by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) on behalf of the Army.
Ultimately, this cooperation between FirePoint and Safran could benefit the Chorus project, which the Ministry of the Armed Forces has entrusted to Turgis Gaillard and the automaker Renault.
As a reminder, during a Senate hearing in February, the Head of the Defense Procurement Agency (DGA), Patrick Pailloux, explained that the aim of the Chorus project was to develop "the equivalent of the Ukrainian Flamingo," albeit with lower performance specifications (a 500 kg warhead and a cruising speed of 400 km/h). /end