[Combat] The launch of three FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles at Russian targets in the occupied Crimea region.

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In case you're wondering what a FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile is: https://www.politico.eu/article/flamingo-ukraine-3000km-cruise-missile-woman-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-volodymyr-zelenskyy-drone/
The unusual name and the missile's original color — a bright pink tip where the warhead is housed — were an internal company joke on the unheralded role of women in the male-dominated world of weapons and war.
“Our first missiles were pink; they passed all the tests pink, but then we had to change color because of military camouflage requirements. But the woman in charge of production is still there. Women's touch in missiles,” (Iryna Terekh, the company's CEO and technical director) said.
- the missile's original color — a bright pink tip where the warhead is house
  ...because that's not phallic at all!