Satellite Imagery Shows Damage at Votkinsk After Ukraine Flamingo Strike

masdark.com · Feb 27, 2026 · Collected from GDELT

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Satellite imagery published by open-source groups and detailed in recent coverage shows damage to a workshop at the Votkinsk plant after a long-range Ukrainian strike, a development Kyiv and its president have hailed as a major use of domestically built Flamingo missiles. Satellite Imagery reveals a gaping hole in a Votkinsk workshop Images described as satellite imagery show a gaping hole in the roof of one workshop at the Votkinsk factory in the Udmurt Republic, with signs of fire damage at the site that produces missiles for the Iskander system and the submarine-launched Bulava, the open-source groups said. Zelenskyy hails long-range Flamingo attacks President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Ukraine had struck a Russian military industrial plant with locally made cruise missiles that flew nearly 900 miles to reach their target, and declared: "We carried out precise strikes with Flamingo missiles at a range of 1, 400 kilometers. I believe this is truly a success for our industry. " He later said, "There were interceptions by Russian air defense, there were also missiles that were not intercepted, and there were direct hits. But the most important thing is that all the missiles that were launched all reached the target. " Local and Russian responses, and fallout on the ground Udmurt Republic governor Alexander Brechalov said on Saturday that an unspecified facility in the region had been attacked and that three people were sent to hospital; he did not confirm use of the Flamingo and warned against drone threats. Russia's defense ministry said it shot down 77 Ukrainian drones on Saturday but made no public mention of Ukrainian missile threats. Kyiv declined to name how many missiles or drones were launched that day, and open-source satellite imagery later circulated showing the workshop damage at Votkinsk. Flamingo capabilities, production goals and constraints Kyiv has compared the turbofan-powered Flamingo to the US Tomahawk, saying it is cheaper per unit and can have a longer range—Kyiv has cited a claimed range of 1, 900 miles for the missile. The ground-launched Flamingo takes up to 40 minutes to prepare for launch. FirePoint, the missile's manufacturer, had been reported last October to hope to produce up to seven Flamingos a day by the end of 2025, a target Ukrainian officials say has been hampered by Russian strikes; Zelenskyy warned that Ukraine must "work on increasing quantity. " Wider reporting and military movements tied to the coverage Coverage around the strike has been accompanied by other verified materials and tracking by journalists and open-source teams: satellite images were highlighted on a Verify Live feed that also showed a shopping centre on fire in Zaporizhzhia after a wave of Russian strikes overnight. The feed was headlined by Thomas Copeland and included contributions from Richard Irvine-Brown and Alex Murray. An expert quoted on that feed called the Votkinsk attack "significant but not critical. " Related air and naval movements noted in the same reporting Journalists have also tracked the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford departing the Greek island of Crete and appearing to head toward the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East as part of a US military build-up near Iran. Separately, video shared with Verify showed three US Air Force F-22 fighter jets taking off from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk on Tuesday; aviation enthusiasts filmed the jets heading to Israel, and said some F-22s were already arriving there. An expert on the Verify feed suggested those F-22s could form part of an "air dominance machine" in the region. That evening in which the Votkinsk images circulated, Kyiv had unleashed a large wave of drones and missiles into Russia in one of its biggest ever long-range attacks, tying the Votkinsk strike to a broader operation. Coverage also noted how artificial intelligence had been used to spread a false claim that a Mexican cartel had captured a woman who helped authorities track down its leader, a separate verification item highlighted alongside the military reporting. FirePoint's production goal of up to seven Flamingo missiles a day by the end of 2025 remains on the record, and the Verify feed invited readers to return for more updates tomorrow.