VLADIMIR Putin’s officers have been killed in droves in the first British-made Storm Shadow strike in months, reports claim.
Bombshell footage showed the amid claims of “massive casualties among Russian officers”; and the
If confirmed, it would be the first use of the in months.
Red-faced Russian authorities admitted only that a woman had died and three people were wounded, including a teenager.
A building collapsed in the , with fire spreading to nearby shops, according to Russian reports.
And both Russian and Ukrainian sources revealed were involved in the major strike.
Ukrainian sources said the strike was on the Donetsk Research Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals – a military target used by Russian occupiers.
Ukrainian channel Supernova+ said the strike was on “the headquarters of the 8th combined arms of the Russian Armed Forces”;.
The report revealed: “The building is penetrated to the basement. [The dead] are being taken out in batches.”;
And journalist Ivan Yakovina said: “Clear results of the recent summit – cruise missiles supplied by the UK and today destroyed the headquarters of the 8th Combined Arms Army in Donetsk and a massive depot with an oil terminal in Luhansk.
“There were massive casualties among Russian officers at the HQ.
“They were confident that no longer had the means to strike at such depth, so they didn’t even bother to go down to the shelter during the alert.”;
He added that the result of this was “dozens killed and wounded – an entire army has been crippled”;.
Other reports say the site hit was a key place for works on UAVs and electronic warfare in the latest devastating loss for Putin.
Russian head of occupied Donetsk region Denis Pushilin said 26 missiles, and 155-mm artillery were unleashed by , causing significant damage to various infrastructure.
Until today, there have been no confirmed reports of Storm Shadows being deployed since November last year.
Britain’s bunker-busting Storm Shadow rockets are a nightmare for enemies as they are capable of dodging air defences.
The £800,000 missiles – already being fired within Ukraine – use GPS to precisely hit targets, and can travel at 600mph.
‘s equivalent is known as SCALP‑EG.
In November last year,to use American long-range missiles called ATACMS against targets inside Russia.
In the same month, Britain gave the green light forat Russia.
France has supplied its Scalp missiles to Ukraine, and reiterated in November that strikes on military targets inside Russia were an option.
Major fires were also seen in neighbouring Luhansk, also Russian occupied, with reports that an oil terminal was hit.
This followed an unconfirmed Russian claim that the entire territory of the Luhansk region was now in Putin’s hands – a longtime aim for the mad dictator.
But there was no independent verification of the claim by puppet leader Leonid Pasechnik.
Meanwhile, Ukraine targeted Russian region Rostov, and the Crimean Bridge linking the Black Sea peninsula to Russia’s mainland was closed.
Explosions and sirens could be heard in Saratov and Engels – a key base for Russian strategic bomber aircraft.
Russia staged attacks on the Zaporizhzhia region with an enterprise and private houses hit – unleashing fiery chaos.
Ukraine also targeted the Izhevsk electromechanical plant Dome in a drone strike, which makes air defence systems and drones.
The strikes came as Donald Trump’s special representative Keith Kellogg hit back at Putin over delays in the pace process – targeting the dictator’s mouthpiece Dmitry Peskov.
He slammed: “Peskov’s recent comments on the state of negotiations are Orwellian.
“Russian claims that it is the US and Ukraine stalling peace talks are unfounded – President Trump has been consistent and adamant about making progress to end the war.
“We urge an immediate ceasefire and a move to trilateral talks to end the war. Russia cannot continue to stall for time while it bombs civilian targets in Ukraine.”;
