FP-5 Flamingo
Ukrainian cruise missile; 3,000 km range, 1,150 kg warhead, struck Samara Oblast March 2026.
Last refreshed: 1 April 2026
With 3,000 km range, what targets inside Russia can Ukraine not yet reach with the FP-5?
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- What is the FP-5 Flamingo missile?
- The FP-5 Flamingo is a Ukrainian cruise missile with a reported range of 3,000 km and a 1,150 kg warhead. It is Ukraine's longest-range indigenously developed strike weapon.
- What has the FP-5 Flamingo hit in Russia?
- FP-5 Flamingo missiles struck the Promsintez explosives factory in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast, on 28 March 2026, at roughly 1,000 km from the front.Source: Ukrainian sources
- FP-5 Flamingo vs Storm Shadow comparison?
- The FP-5 has a longer range (3,000 km vs ~550 km for Storm Shadow) and larger warhead (1,150 kg). Storm Shadow is Anglo-French supplied; FP-5 is Ukrainian, meaning no partner restrictions apply.
- How far can the FP-5 Flamingo reach?
- The FP-5 Flamingo has a reported range of approximately 3,000 km. Its 28 March 2026 strike on Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast, was conducted at ~1,000 km range from the front.Source:
- Who makes the FP-5 Flamingo?
- The FP-5 Flamingo is an indigenously developed Ukrainian cruise missile. Its manufacturer has not been publicly identified.
Background
The FP-5 Flamingo is Ukraine's longest-range strike weapon, a cruise missile with a reported range of 3,000 km and a 1,150 kg warhead — comparable to a Western Tomahawk in lethality. On 28 March 2026, FP-5 Flamingo missiles struck the Promsintez explosives factory in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast, at a distance of approximately 1,000 km from the front line, igniting fires at a facility producing 30,000 tonnes per year of Russian military explosives.
The FP-5 represents Ukraine's top-tier deep-strike capability, intended for hardened or high-value facilities where a large warhead and precision guidance are required. The Chapayevsk strike demonstrated the system's operational maturity: Promsintez is in one of Russia's most industrially significant Volga-region corridors, a location that Soviet planners had assumed beyond any realistic attack vector.
The weapon exists alongside Ukraine's FP-1 attack drone and Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles supplied by Britain and France. The FP-5's domestic Ukrainian origin gives it political advantages: it avoids the restrictions Western partners impose on use of their supplied weapons against Russian territory. Its deployment against military-industrial targets inside Russia marks a strategic expansion of Ukraine's offensive doctrine.
