During a joint press conference with the Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof in Kiev, Wołodymyr Zelnski referred to the recordings of recent attacks. In his opinion, materials circulating in social media allow to distinguish between the strikes made by drones from those carried out by other fire -free systems.
“Based on the fragments available on social media, you can see where the drones were used specifically,” he said.
Zelanski refused to provide operational details, indicating that Kiev did not want to “prepare” Russian forces for Ukrainian tactics. He emphasized that about 60 percent Brokes on the territory of Russia were made using Ukrainian unmanned systems. He claims that they can reach goals far away by up to 1500 km deep into the territory.
These statements coincided with the suggestion of The Economist that Kiev could begin to use a new category of long-range maneuvering missiles, marked as FP-5 Flamingo.
The President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelnski (on the right) and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof (on the left) during a joint press conference, Kiev, Ukraine, October 6, 2025.Wołodymyr Tarasow / PAP
Flamingo is a new missile maneuvering Ukraine, whose range and sizes in theory make it one of the largest and the furthest reaching in their class.
The projectile, which has reportedly passed the tests in recent months, has a range of 3000 km, which allows him to go deep in Russia, to the Ural and to the Asian parts of Russia.
The Economist reports that the FP-5 may fly at a low altitude (about 50 m), move a combat head of 1150 kg, and that if the data is confirmed-this type of weapon could significantly increase the so-called Ukrainian Deep Strike campaign [strategii militarnej polegającej na przeprowadzaniu uderzeń głębokiego uderzenia na tyły przeciwnika w celu zmniejszenia presji na froncie].
The website also describes the Drones Fire Point FP-1 as the current main platform for conducting deep strokes. These unmanned systems have smaller heads, but a range of about 1500 km, and use advanced software that showed resistance to extensive electronic war.
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Will the “pink mistake” change the fate of the war?
Kyiv Post asked Ukraine General to confirm information about Flamingo missiles. The answer was:
– No, we don't have such information at the moment.
The AP agency, citing experts from the arms industry, says that the name Flamingo came from the fact that the first batch of these bullets, due to production defects, came out “pink”.
Zelanski thanked both the armed forces of Ukraine and domestic defense producers, declaring that Kyiv expects a “rapid increase in ability” in the near futurewhich will depend on financing.
He said that the realistic plan is the production of bullets and drones worth about $ 35 billion. until 2026 (about PLN 127 billion). He noted that Ukraine has about 30 bilateral agreements that can be sources of financing.
– We think we have actually increased our capabilities. Success, however, depends on whether the appropriate funds will be available. Where does the money come from? Fortunately, we have 30 bilateral agreements
– he said.
In August last year Fire Point Defense, a Ukrainian manufacturer of new Flamingo missiles, announced that the current production capacity is about one piece a day. The goal is to achieve seven pieces a day until October.
Iryna Terech, General and Technical Director of Fire Point Defense, said the AP agency, what are the current and planned numbers of Flamingo production:
“Fire Point Defense produces about one flamingo bullet a day, and by October we hope to achieve the production capacity to produce seven a day,” Terech said.
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