The initiative’s website reports that the company that developed the Flamingo, Fire Point, has authorized the purchase of one missile.
The cost of “Flamingo” calculated by the manufacturer was 12.5 million Czech crowns, or about $596.7 thousand at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Czech Republic.
“After payment, the missile will be handed over to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They will decide when to use it and determine the target for it. Perhaps we will soon find out where it went,” the message says.
At the time of writing, more than 807 thousand Czech crowns ($38.6 thousand) were collected for a missile that is “capable of hitting Moscow or St. Petersburg.”
After acquiring the rocket, volunteers plan to name it DANA 1 in honor of Dana Drabova, a politician and physicist from the Czech Republic who died in early October.
Context
The Ukrainian-made cruise missile FP-5 “Flamingo” received its name due to a manufacturing defect. The first versions of the rocket turned out to be pink, so it was named after birds with that color. The head of the manufacturer Fire Point, Irina Tereh, told the Associated Press that by October the company plans to increase the scale of production to seven missiles daily.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in August confirmed the successful testing of the missile and called it the most successful Ukrainian-made weapon. He stated that mass production will begin in January-February 2026. “We can’t talk much about this until we have the ability to use hundreds of missiles,” explained the head of state.
The Economist wrote on October 5 that Ukraine's defense forces already used in combat against the aggressor country of the Russian Federation, new FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles. They fly at an altitude of only 50 m above the ground, which makes detection difficult, and the range of the missile is more than 3 thousand km and it carries a charge of 1150 kg of explosives, the media added.
