In a post on Telegram on Wednesday, President Zelensky wrote: “Overnight, Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingos hit a military plant in Cheboksary that supplies the occupier’s army with components for drones and missiles”.<\/p>\n
He also published footage said to be showing a missile flying toward its target and plumes of smoke from a facility.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s military later said the VNIIR-Progress plant had been struck and there had been a fire at the site.<\/p>\n
Chuvash Republic head Oleg Nikolaev confirmed that Cheboksary had been hit, reporting three injuries. He did not say whether the military plant was damaged.<\/p>\n
The FP-5 Flamingo missile has a 1,150kg (2,535lbs) warhead and a reported range of 3,000km, putting Russia’s capital Moscow and other major cities well within its range.<\/p>\n
Together with its Western allies, Ukraine has also been actively developing other types of missiles in order to maximise the costs of Russia’s invasion and force Moscow to seek a settlement.<\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far rejected all negotiation proposals. <\/p>\n