UKRAINE launched a kamikaze drone onslaught at Russia overnight, sparking an enormous fire in a humiliating blow for tyrant Vladimir Putin.
Kyiv’s forces struck a crucial Russian oil depot not far from the frontline as residents reported hearing five ferocious explosions.
Ukraine hit an oil depot in Azov, southern Russia, sparking a huge fire
Enormous clouds of black smoke poured from the oil hub
Vladimir Putin shaking hands with fellow dictator Kim Jong Un
The 2am strike on Azov port in Russia’s Rostov region ignited fires in multiple storage tanks.
Videos showed huge flames and plumes of black smoke pour from the oil hub facility around ten miles from the Azov Sea.
The impressive hit came just hours before Putin is due to touch down in North Korea for his first visit to Pyongyang in 24 years.
He is set to meet with fellow dictator Kim Jong Un after thanking North Korea for its support over his brutal and illegal war in Ukraine.
The pair are set to reinforce their already strong ties after vowing to forge a “New World Order”.
The strike in Azov proved another failure by Russian air defences to fend off Ukraine’s kamikaze drones.
Intense fires sparked by the hit covered some 53,820 square feet and was the latest in a series of Ukrainian attacks hitting Russia’s oil refining and storage facilities.
They aim to attack Putin’s war effort and mark a retaliation for attacks on Kyiv’s energy hubs.
More than 200 firefighters were deployed to extinguish the blaze, but it kept burning.
A fire train was later dispatched to the scene.
Putin’s crony governor in the region, Vasily Golubev, said there were no casualties.
He said: “In Azov, oil storage tanks caught fire due to a UAV attack.”
Intense fires sparked by the hit covered some 53,820 square feet
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