A series of explosions were heard in Samara, Russia, on the night of August 15. The likely target of the attack could have been the Progress State Rocket and Space Center (TSKB-Progress), one of the key enterprises in the Russian space and rocket industry. This is reported by Ukrainian and international media, citing local reports.
A series of explosions were heard in Samara, Russia, on the night of August 15. The likely target of the attack could have been the Progress State Rocket and Space Center (TSKB-Progress), one of the key enterprises in the Russian space and rocket industry. This is reported by Ukrainian and international media, citing local reports.
According to preliminary data, the explosions occurred in the industrial zone of Samara. After the attack, smoke was visible over the city. Russian authorities confirmed the missile threat and the work of the operational headquarters, and ground transport in the city was temporarily suspended.
TsSKB-Progress is one of the leading enterprises in the Russian rocket and space industry. It is engaged in the development and production of medium-class launch vehicles, in particular the Soyuz family, as well as the production of automatic spacecraft for remote sensing of the Earth.
Ukrainian sources attribute the attack to FP-5 Flamingo missiles, but at the time of publication there is no official confirmation that the strike on Samara was indeed carried out by these missiles. Simultaneously with the reports of the explosions, the co-owner of the Ukrainian company Fire Point, Denis Shtilerman, published a photo and video of the missile launch, but did not specify which missile was launched.
This is not the first time that Flamingo has been linked to strikes on Russian military-industrial facilities. In June, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the use of FP-5s on a military enterprise in Cheboksary that supplies components for Russian drones and missiles.
And on June 27, according to Zelensky, Ukrainian FP-5s hit the Titan-Barricades plant in Volgograd, which produces, in particular, launchers for the Yars, Topol-M, and Iskander-M missile systems.
