Ukraine strikes Russian military plant in Volgograd with missiles

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Ukraine attacked a military industrial facility in Volgograd, Russia's southern industrial hub, using what Bloomberg identified as Flamingo missiles, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday. The strike targeted what Zelenskyy described as a major complex. The same night, a Russian drone attack killed a man in Ukraine's Sumy region in the northeast. The two strikes represent the ongoing cycle of cross-border attacks that has defined the conflict since Russia's 2022 invasion, with both sides conducting regular strikes on military and industrial targets. Volgograd sits roughly 400 miles from the front lines, putting it within range of longer-range Ukrainian weapons systems that have gradually extended the geographic scope of the war.