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title: "Ukraine strikes Russian space facility Progress and air base"
url: https://moldova1.md/p/83239/ukraine-strikes-russian-space-facility-progress-and-air-base
published: 2026-08-15T14:25:00Z
language: en
author: "Redacția  TRM"
section: "International"
source: moldova1.md
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# Ukraine strikes Russian space facility Progress and air base

> Ukrainian forces launched long-range missile and drone strikes targeting key Russian defense, aerospace, and energy infrastructure hundreds of kilometers behind the border.

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Ukrainian forces launched long-range missile and drone strikes targeting key Russian defense, aerospace, and energy infrastructure hundreds of kilometers behind the border.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukrainian-developed *"Flamingo"* missiles struck the Progress Rocket Space Centre in Samara, approximately 900 kilometers from Ukraine. He added that long-range strikes also targeted the Savasleika military airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region, located around 700 kilometers from the border.

**Strategic Impact on Aerospace and Energy**

The Progress facility in Samara, a key subsidiary of Russia's Roscosmos state corporation, manufactures Soyuz-2 launch vehicles. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, these rockets deploy military reconnaissance satellites and the Rassvet constellation, Russia's domestic equivalent to Starlink.

Open-source intelligence analysts reported that the Samara strike ignited a fire at either the Progress facility or the adjacent AviaKor aviation plant. Samara Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishev confirmed a missile strike on an industrial enterprise, reporting two injuries while withholding the specific company name.

**Simultaneous strikes on military airfield and fuel terminal**

The target at Savasleika airfield hosts MiG-31 aircraft equipped to carry Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. Russian authorities have not commented on the situation at the air base.

Additionally, Ukrainian forces confirmed a strike on August 14 against a NOVATEK oil and energy facility in the Baltic port of Ust-Luga, causing reported damage to oil infrastructure.

Translation by **Iurie Tataru**