VLADIMIR Putin has unleashed his first destructive attack of his fifth term as the Russian despot after kamikaze drones and missiles rained down on Ukraine.
Russia launched the brutal bombings at three energy power plants across seven different war-torn regions causing “serious destruction”, say reports.
More than 55 missiles and 21 lethal drones were fired in parts of Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, and Ivano-Frankivsk.
Ukraine’s air defences managed to thwart the majority of the savage attacks with just one drone hitting its target and 39 of the missiles being downed.
Despite the brave Ukrainian defence, 14 buildings turned to rubble or were left badly damaged in the Kyiv region.
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At least three people have been injured including an eight-year-old girl, said officials.
Shocking video shows firefighters and rescue workers in Kyiv battling through thick plumes of smoke and crumbling buildings to try and help anyone trapped.
Men can be seen throwing burnt out pieces of furniture out of the way as they climb on top of roofs and scale up walls.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the nighttime strikes a massive attack.
National electrical grid operator Ukrenergo said facilities were hit in the Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Poltava and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
As two other energy facilities were hit in the Lviv region, according to regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyi.
Ukraines biggest private energy supplier, DTEK, said attacks had seriously damaged equipment at three of its thermal power plants.
DTEK claimed this was the fifth attack in the last six weeks on their facilities.
The onslaught even caused Nato to scramble its warplanes from Poland due to the severity of the strikes.
Warsaw’s armed forces said: “We warn that Polish and allied aircraft are operating in Polish airspace, which may lead to an increase in noise levels, especially in the south-eastern part of the country.”
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They continued saying it was due to “increased activity of long-range aviation of the Russian Federation”.
The bombardment came as Ukraine was celebrating the victory over the Nazi regime during World War Two.
A Day of Remembrance was being honoured across the nation.
Putin's Russia, who will commemorate the day on Thursday, have continued to spout bizarre claims saying Kyiv is riddled by Nazis.
The Kremlin are set to put on their annual massive Red Square military parade for Victory Day.
Russia also celebrated their tyrant leaders fifth term as the president yesterday.
Putin began his next farce campaign as Russia's kingpin by walking through the gold plated walls of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
He was welcomed to the podium by hand-picked dignitaries as they applauded the tyrant for another six years of leadership.
Notably, only one French ambassador turned up for the event out of the Nato allies currently in a deep feud with Russia.
A beaming Putin, took centre stage with a giant Russian flag behind him as he was sworn in until 2030.
UKRAINE'S REVENGE
Paranoid Putin claims his attacks are retaliation for Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian oil refineries.
Ukraine conducted their own calculated hit on an oil depot in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine, earlier on Wednesday.
The courageous troops deployed the US-supplied ATACMS missiles to destroy the depot and leave it up in flames.
A huge fire can be seen roaring at the facility after the gas pipeline burst as five were reportedly left wounded.
Power lines were also damaged proving the Ukrainian strike to be a resounding success.
Ukraine has been defiantly hitting back at Putin this month after Zelensky was given a huge backing from Nato allies.
A record £500million was earmarked for Zelensky’s war effort by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
As French President Emmanuel Macron declared he will send his countries troops to Ukraine if Putin breaks through the frontline.
Ukraine also deployed a new jet-ski sea drone at the start of the month, bristling with heat-seeking missiles to shoot down Russian helicopters.
The jerry-rigged drone was filmed by a Kremlin aircraft during a recent Black Sea attack.
The new weapon is hoped to cause Putin to be forced into changing his tactics and no longer pummel Ukraine's fleet of sea drones from above.
