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Russia Deploys Filin Cruise Missile, GUR Warns

By Drooid · Oct 23, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC · How we work

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Russia Deploys Filin

Russia began deploying the Filin winged cruise missile in Ukraine, GUR said.
The Filin flies up to 500 mph (800 km/h) and reaches 745 miles (1,200 km) range.
It carries a 100 kg warhead and launches from ground, helicopters or UAVs without dedicated ports.
Analysts Beskrestnov and Sternenko warned the Filin will soon outclass Shahed drones.
It costs $150,000, about one-sixteenth the price of a Kh-101 missile.

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Ukrainian Intelligence Publishes Filin

Filin was used in combat during a Russian strike on Kyiv that killed one, injured 24.
Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) released a 3-D model and component list of Filin on Oct 22.
President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attackers “humanists” after three ballistic-missile waves hit Kyiv.
Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched Iskander-M, S-400, Zircon, Onyx missiles and 210 drones, 110 jet-powered.

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Russia Deploys Filin

Russia began deploying the Filin winged cruise missile in Ukraine, GUR said.
The Filin flies up to 500 mph (800 km/h) and reaches 745 miles (1,200 km) range.
It carries a 100 kg warhead and launches from ground, helicopters or UAVs without dedicated ports.
Analysts Beskrestnov and Sternenko warned the Filin will soon outclass Shahed drones.
It costs $150,000, about one-sixteenth the price of a Kh-101 missile.

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