The FP-5 Flamingo is a Ukrainian Fire Point ground-launched cruise missile built for long-range strikes on fixed ground targets. Official Fire Point and Ukrainian presidential materials describe a missile with up to 3,000 km range, an up-to-1,150 kg payload class, truck launch, and serial production that began in 2025; Ukrainian and OSINT reporting ties it to deep strikes during the Russia-Ukraine war.
Ukraine fielded the Fire Point FP-5 Flamingo in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War for deep strikes against Russian target areas in occupied Crimea and inside Russia. Open-source reporting documents Ukrainian FP-5 launches, target-area arrivals, and confirmed hits against arsenal and military-industrial targets, while also noting misses and interceptions in early combat use.
Role detailsOpen-source strike tracking through mid-2026 shows that Flamingo had reached some Russian target areas and scored confirmed hits in some cases, but early employment was uneven. Ukrainska Pravda counted launches where missiles were intercepted, missed, or could not be tied to confirmed damage, while Kyiv Post reported a stronger overnight 26-27 June 2026 Volgograd result. The catalog therefore treats FP-5 as documented in combat use without assuming the manufacturer's maximum-range or accuracy claims have been fully demonstrated in every strike.
Fire Point describes FP-5 as a ground-launched UAV system / cruise missile for fixed-coordinate ground targets, with emphasis on large payload, long range, ease of launch, and lower-cost manufacture. AP factory access in August 2025 identified Fire Point as developing and producing the FP-5 in covert Ukrainian facilities, with initial reporting of roughly one Flamingo per day and a target of seven per day by October. A later AP factory report said the company was not disclosing exact capacity for security reasons, while describing carbon-fiber missile hulls and a Danish solid-rocket-propellant bottleneck project tied to missile production.
Sources: Fire Point FP-5 Flamingo product page; Fire Point About Us; A Ukrainian Startup Develops Long-Range Drones and Missiles; Ukraine Defense Firm Fire Point Taps Mike Pompeo for Advisory Board.
The President of Ukraine's 2026 Arms Makers' Day roundup identified Flamingo as a long-range, ground-launched cruise missile whose serial production began in 2025.
Sources: President Showcased Ukrainian Weapons Developed During the War
Associated Press imagery and reporting from a Fire Point facility brought the Flamingo into wide public view in August 2025.
Sources: A Ukrainian Startup Develops Long-Range Drones and Missiles
Ukrainska Pravda's open-source review described an August 31 strike on an FSB border post in occupied Armyansk, Crimea, as the first confirmed case of an FP-5 missile reaching a Russian target area.
Sources: Where Is Flamingo? Analysis of All Known Attacks Using Ukrainian FP-5 Missiles
Ukrainska Pravda reported that one FP-5 reached and struck a bunker at Russia's GRAU arsenal near Kotluban, producing the first recorded Flamingo hit in the open-source record it reviewed.
Sources: Where Is Flamingo? Analysis of All Known Attacks Using Ukrainian FP-5 Missiles
Kyiv Post reported that three of five FP-5 Flamingo missiles hit the Titan-Barrikady military-industrial facility in Volgograd during an overnight Ukrainian strike.
Sources: Ukraine's Flagship Flamingo Missiles Perform Solidly in Combat for First Time Ever
Fire Point presents FP-5 as a ground-launched UAV system / cruise missile for fixed-coordinate ground targets. Public specifications emphasize payload and range over sophisticated public detail about seekers, terrain matching, or production totals.
| Feature | Reported value | Source-backed note |
|---|---|---|
| Payload | Up to 1,150 kg | Fire Point and Ukrainian presidential materials place Flamingo in a one-ton-plus warhead class. |
| Range | Up to 3,000 km | Official Ukrainian and Fire Point sources describe a reach sufficient for deep strikes into European Russia. |
| Launch | Truck-launched jet start | Fire Point lists a launch-preparation window of 20-40 minutes and truck launch. |
| Flight profile | 20 m to 10 km altitude; 700-900 km/h cruise | Manufacturer figures indicate a subsonic cruise missile with a wide possible altitude envelope. |
Sources: Fire Point FP-5 Flamingo product page; President Showcased Ukrainian Weapons Developed During the War.
