Ukraine has today released footage of its devastating new Flamingo missiles, capable of reaching Vladimir Putin in Moscow, being fired into Russia.
The new rockets, with a range of 1,865 miles and a 2,535lb warhead, have been likened to unmanned jets and were deployed along with Liutyi military drones.
The dramatic Flamingo launch footage early today showed the massive missiles soaring through the night sky.
A bright orange light from the back of the missiles followed them as they were fired.
The video came amid reports of strikes in Oryol – where a mysterious shower of fiery balls was seen descending from the sky close to a power plant – and Nizhnekamsk, where the major Teneko oil refinery was ablaze.
Ukraine ‘struck dozens of Russian and occupied sites’ overnight.
One was in Putin-controlled Crimea where the Morskoy Neftyanoy Oil Terminal, and a helicopter site was hit along with radar systems near Yevpatoria.
Also struck were drone storage and preparation sites at Kirovske airfield.
The dramatic Flamingo launch footage early today showed the massive missiles soaring through the night sky
In Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine hit forward command posts of the enemy’s 5th Combined Arms Army and the 127th Motor Rifle Division Zaporizhzhia region, as well as an oil depot near Berdyansk.
The Flamingo is the centrepiece of Ukraine’s new missile technology, developed to counter Putin’s endless war.
The Flamingo is capable of hitting deep inside European Russia and even western Siberia.
Russian capital city Moscow is conformably within range.
Serial production of the missile is underway in the Carpathian Mountains, say reports, and its first combat use was in the summer, though details of its deployment are scarce
The Flamingo is not subject to Western vetoes on its use to strike targets inside Russia, as is the case with missiles supplied by the US, Britain and France.
It is reportedly resistant to Russian electronic warfare jamming.
It has been described in Russia as resembling the Soviet jet UAV Tu-143 Reys and the German cruise missile V-1.
The video came amid reports of strikes in Oryol – where a mysterious shower of fiery balls was seen descending from the sky close to a power plant – and Nizhnekamsk, where the major Teneko oil refinery was ablaze
An aerial view shows the town of Myrnohrad, Ukraine in this screengrab from a video released November 12, 2025
The site of a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, 12 November 2025
In Oryol, flaming Ukrainian ‘missile debris’ fell in the region early today following a monumental explosion.
The cause of the unusual sight may have been Russian air defences shooting down one of the missiles.
One local asked: ‘What is this weapon?’
Cars were damaged by the glowing balls falling from the sky over a residential area.
The fiery balls were ‘debris’ from a missile or drone, it was claimed.
A missile alert had sounded before the strike came.
‘I turned to the window and saw a huge light, like someone was shining a torch through the window, and then BAM,’ said one.
‘My sister….didn’t answer at first, then she screamed into the phone, saying they hit a car near the kindergarten and trees are on fire.’
Another said: ‘My heart almost jumped out of my chest.’
‘My younger brother started screaming,’ said another.