Ukrainian forces conducted a strike on the FSB border post on the boundary between Russian-annexed Crimea and the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine's Kherson region, marking the first test strike with the FP-5 Flamingo missile.
Date note: Article states the first test strike occurred in August 2025; specific day not provided.
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The Ukrainian military carried out its first test strike in August 2025, targeting buildings at an FSB border post on the boundary between Russian-annexed Crimea and the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson region.
Russia targeted 32 settlements, including the regional center of Kherson, over the past day
Russian occupiers launched an artillery attack on the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, killing a mother of three born in 1974
Five people were injured during the day as a result of Russian shelling in Kherson region
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