Overview

• President Volodymyr Zelensky said the missile has passed successful tests and projected mass production to start around December to February.
• Fire Point and on‑site reporting describe current output at roughly one Flamingo per day with a management goal of scaling to about seven per day by October.
• The FP-5 is claimed to be fully Ukrainian-made, developed in under nine months, and capable of carrying an approximately 1,150 kg warhead to about 3,000 km.
• The missile’s public debut followed Associated Press access to a Fire Point facility, with photos confirming the design now in serial production.
• Independent experts say the weapon could threaten infrastructure deep inside Russia but warn its survivability, electronic-warfare resilience, and ambitious production targets remain unproven, even as some see potential leverage for negotiations and note Trump’s openness to Ukrainian strikes.