Ukraine hits Russian Starlink-style network, Moscow tracks arms package

Ukraine has carried out a series of long-range strikes in Russia, hitting a military airfield and a rocket centre that supports the Russian Starlink-style satellite internet network.

Meanwhile, Moscow is demanding answers from Washington and Ankara about a potential plan to send to Kyiv a “substantial arsenal” of U.S. weapons and ammunition held by Turkiye.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Ukraine’s armed forces used domestically produced Flamingo cruise missiles to strike the Progress Centre rocket facility for Russia’s space agency Roscosmos.

Zelenskyy said it plays a key role in Russia’s war machine by producing rocket technology and electronics. The base is around 900km (560 miles) from the Ukrainian border, demonstrating Kyiv’s long-range strike capabilities as Zelenskyy seeks to bring the war closer to home for Russian President Vladimir Putin .

Ukraine’s forces also successfully targeted Savasleyka air base, about 700km (430 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

“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. Peace is needed, and this must be evident in Russia – through concrete damage to specific facilities,” Zelenskyy said .

Ivan Noskov, the mayor of Samara in Russia, said that air defences had repelled what he described as a “massive” attack by Ukraine. Some of the region’s industrial sites had been damaged, he confirmed.

In the Moscow region, a Ukrainian drone struck a house in the town of Shatura, injuring two people, including a nine-year-old child. Governor Andrey Vorobyov said the child’s condition had stabilised.