UKRAINE has launched a stunning drone attack on one of Vladimir Putin’s key oil terminals – as a major Russian strike killed four civilians.
Raging flames tore through St Petersburg terminal after the daring blitz – marking the latest blow to ‘s .
The prized oil hub attack is another massive blow for Putin Credit: East2West
Huge plumes of smoke towering over St Petersburg after stunning Ukraine strikes Credit: East2West
St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said the city of six million had come under a “large-scale” drone attack overnight.
Astonishing images showed towering plumes of smoke billowing over the skyline as a fiery blaze ripped through the oil terminal.
The Ukrainian long-range FP-1 kamikaze drone assault is set to add to crippling petrol and diesel shortages .
Kyiv is currently in the middle of its 40-day endgame campaign – a series of renewed attacks on Russian energy infrastructure aimed at putting pressure on Putin to end his invasion.
Fire following a Ukrainian attack on Belgorod overnight Credit: East2West
Russia killed a five-year-old girl and three others after a strike on Sumy Credit: East2West
Additionally, a major station was put out of action in border city Belgorod after Ukrainian HIMARS missile strikes, reports say.
And a ferry terminal at the key Crimean port of Kerch was bombarded, further isolating Putin’s prized Black Sea peninsula where military airfields were also hit overnight.
Meanwhile, Russian air defences were forced to fend off Ukrainian Flamingo missile strikes in Udmurtia and Chuvashia.
The extraordinary attacks came as Ukraine faced yet another wave of Russian strikes.
Putin is facing the pressure of Kyiv’s latest attacks Credit: AFP
Ukrainian forces obliterating the strategic North Crimean Canal amid Kyiv’s fresh campaign to end the war Credit: Reuters
Four people were killed over Friday night and ten were injured in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia.
Two women, an elderly man and a five-year-old girl died after one of Putin’s struck a house.
Seven of the 10 wounded people were in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown, after an airstrike.
These deadly strikes came after the deadliest Russian attacks on the capital this year so far.
At least of Russian missiles, which also injured more than 90 people.
Mayor described it as the “enemy’s most massive attack on the capital”.
The Ukrainian Red Cross said its humanitarian warehouse had also been damaged by the Russian attacks.
It comes amid Ukraine‘s 40-day campaign aimed at ending Putin’s invasion and bringing the tyrant to the negotiating table.
Ukraine’s relentless strikes on Russian infrastructure could freeze the ‘s by next year, experts say.
Putin’s regime is facing fuel shortages, energy blackouts and long queues for gas as .
His front line troops continue to take heavy losses – with a shocking report revealing that Russian soldiers have an on the battlefield.
Analysts suggest the momentum of the war is currently shifting in Ukraine’s favour.
Ex-British intelligence officer Philip Ingram said Ukraine‘s latest push to bring Putin’s invasion to a close has opened up a “new chapter in the war”.
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