Cheboksary Missile Attack: Possible Flamingo Route
Cheboksary came under missile attack as experts examine whether a Flamingo missile was used and assess possible routes toward the Volga Region.
Cheboksary came under a missile attack on the morning of June 10. Oleg Nikolayev, head of Chuvashia, said specialists were working to determine how many missiles had been launched at the city, whether anyone had been injured and which facilities may have been damaged.
Ruslan Ostashko, a presenter on Channel One, suggested that the Armed Forces of Ukraine could have used a Flamingo missile in the strike on the Chuvash capital.
Honored military pilot and Major General Vladimir Popov assessed the possible launch routes of the missile in comments to aif.ru. He said drones could have reached the Volga Region and the Southern Urals from the territory of third countries. Popov also did not rule out that sabotage groups, posing as specialists, may have entered the area and launched unmanned aerial vehicles. In his view, Flamingo missiles could have traveled through the Caspian area and along the Volga.
The major general also said the missiles may have approached from the direction of Kherson or Nikolayev. Under that scenario, they could have moved toward the isthmus near Genichesk, then followed the southern coast of the Azov Sea before heading toward the Volga Region.
Popov added that missiles of this type fly at low altitude. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to overload Russian air defenses with short- and medium-range drones, and then use that pressure to launch long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles.
Ukraine announced the creation of the Flamingo missile in August 2025. The missile is said to have a range of up to 3,000 kilometers, a speed of 900 kilometers per hour and a warhead weighing about one tonne.