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Ukrainian forces conducted FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile strikes against the Kapustin Yar launch site in Astrakhan Oblast, damaging hangar-type buildings used for intercontinental and medium-range ballistic missile preparations.

Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Ukrainian forces (military_unit) FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile (weapon_system) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Kapustin Yar airfield (location) FP-5 Flamingo (weapon_system)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces conducted Flamingo missile strikes against Kapustin Yar launch site in Astrakhan Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The Armed Forces of Ukraine had inflicted a series of strikes on the Kapustin Yar airfield in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast over the course of January.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.965Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-5-2026