Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Saturday that Ukrainian forces had struck the Progress Rocket and Space Centre" in Russia's Samara region, a facility involved in the manufacturing and operation of space launch vehicles.
In a post on X, Zelenskyy said Ukraine hit the centre with FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, describing it as one of Russian space agency Roscosmos' "key enterprises" and saying it was involved in "electronics production".
Additional strikes were carried out on Savasleyka air base in the Nizhny Novgorod region - which the Ukrainian leader said housed aircraft used for missile attacks on Ukraine - and an oil facility in Ust-Luga, close to the border with Estonia, per Zelenskyy.
He shared video footage on X appearing to show the aftermath of some of the strikes. Large columns of black smoke and flames can be seen at sites in the distance.
"Our plan of long-range sanctions against Russia for this war is being implemented, and it is important that Russia’s war potential be reduced," Zelenskyy wrote.
