He confirmed that the rocket has successfully tried.
“There were successful tests of this rocket. And so far the rocket is the most successful that we have – it flies 3 thousand km,” the head of state said.
Zelensky believes that it will be possible to publicly talk about its use at the stage of mass production. According to him, the production of missiles in industrial volume will begin in January-February 2026.
“We cannot talk a lot about this, as long as we have no way to use hundreds of missiles,” he said.
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August 17, The Associated Press Photo correspondent Ephraim Lukatsky published on Facebook Photo of the new Ukrainian missile “Flamingo”. Zn.ua, with reference to the manufacturer of Flamingo, on August 18, published a video, as claimed, with educational and combat launching missiles.
On August 18, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Denis Shmygal confirmed the existence of Flamingo's long -range missile. According to him, its range is more than 3 thousand km and missiles have already been launched into serial production.
