UKRAINE has unleashed a huge fireball blitz on key Russian factories in a series of punishing blows to Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
The skies over huge swathes of Russia were turned orange as giant flames and thick smoke were seen engulfing multiple sprawling warehouses following pinpoint drone strikes.
A raging inferno was left burning at the Azot chemical plant in Novomoskovsk which supplies the Russian military machine with nitric acid for explosives used in artillery shells.
Ukraine also hit the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant (NLMK) in Lipetsk region.
The giant facility is seen as crucial to the Russian production of air defence systems, drones, missiles and other weapons.
It comes as Donald Trump said he plans to make Putin and Zelensky meet very soon with both sides having made “a lot of progress” in recent days.
The glimmer of peace was quickly met by violence in Moscow as Putin launched terrifying overnight strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
At least five people were wounded in Kharkiv – including a child.
Russian forces also attacked four districts of Dnipropetrovsk region with drones, artillery, an air bomb and a missile.
A residential building was destroyed in Slovyansk, in Ukraine-controlled Donetsk region, after two KAB-250 glide-bombs were launched.
