Overview

• Zelensky said the domestically built Flamingo completed successful trials and is currently Ukraine’s most successful missile with a claimed 3,000-kilometer range.
• He projected having more missiles by December and set a target to begin mass production in January–February, contingent on financing.
• The Associated Press reported the missile entered serial production on Aug. 17, creating a discrepancy with the government timetable.
• Photojournalist Efrem Lukatsky posted images of Flamingo hardware and referenced Fire Point’s role, describing the missile as already in mass production.
• Officials frame the program as bolstering Ukraine’s strategic autonomy, though independent verification of capabilities and the true production scale remains limited.