Ukraine's Flamingo Missiles Strike Russia's Soyuz Rocket Factory Behind Its Starlink Rival (united24media.com)

Ukraine’s Flamingo cruise missiles struck the Progress Rocket Space Centre in Samara overnight on August 15, hitting the factory that produces Soyuz-2 launch vehicles used to deploy Russian military satellites and the Rassvet low-Earth-orbit network—Moscow’s answer to Starlink. The apparent confirmation that Flamingo cruise missiles were used in the attack came from Fire Point co-founder Denis Shtilerman, who shortly after the strike posted nighttime footage showing the launch of the Ukrainian-made missile. Samara regional governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev confirmed that a missile strike had hit an industrial facility in the city but did not identify the target. Samara Mayor Ivan Noskov described the attack as a large-scale missile strike. Local residents reported explosions shortly after a missile alert was issued in the region. Videos published from Samara showed a large fire and a column of smoke rising from an industrial area occupied by the neighboring Progress Rocket Space Centre and Aviakor aircraft plant. According to Defense Express on August 15, available imagery indicates that the strike may have hit Progress, one of Russia’s key producers of space launch vehicles. The outlet said satellite imagery would still be required to confirm the precise impact point and determine the extent of the damage...