RUSSIA has unleashed an overnight missile and drone blitz on Ukraine, killing four in Kyiv.
At least 20 others are injured in the Ukrainian capital as fires had to be put out around the city.
ReutersFire and smoke rise in Kyiv following a Russian drone and missile strike overnight[/caption]
AlamyUkrainian air defences shoot back against Russia’s strike[/caption]
APA Russian bomb lands in Ukraine[/caption]
Explosions ripped through the Kyiv skyline and air defences could be seen firing near the giant Mother Ukraine statue.
Vladimir Putin has barbarically continued to target innocent civilians – despite claiming he wants peace.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed four had died and 20 were injured and said search and rescue operations were underway at several locations.
In Solomyanskyi district, a fire broke out on the 11th floor of a 16-story residential building.
Emergency services evacuated three people from the apartment, and rescue operations were ongoing.
Another fire broke out in a metal warehouse after.
In northern Chernihiv region, a Shahed drone exploded near an apartment building, shattering windows and doors, according to regional military administration chief Dmytro Bryzhynskyi.
He added that explosions from ballistic missiles were also recorded on the outskirts of the city.
Ukraine also attacked Russia overnight, with the Russians claiming to have shot down 174 drones.
That was not all of them – as a huge explosion tore through Bryansk airport.
Shocked locals recorded a huge explosion at the airstrip – with Russian bloggers speculating the missile was a German-supplied Taurus.
Ukraine also hit Rosreserv Kristall fuel storage depot in the city of Engels – a key supplier of fuel to Engels bomber base.
A huge blaze could be seen at the depot deep inside Russia.
The nighttime attack came hours after US President Donald Trump said it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia fight for a while.
APAn apartment building is damaged from a Russian drone strike[/caption]
ReutersAn investigator inspects the site where a Russian drone hit[/caption]
ReutersFirefighters work at the site of a Russian drone attack in Kyiv[/caption]
The President has been so far unsuccessful on getting the two countries to agree to peace – with Moscow not moving on its demands.
Trump spoke as he met with Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who appealed to him as the key person in the world who could halt the bloodshed by pressuring Putin.
The American has also hailed Ukraine’s daring Operation Spiderweb attack as “strong and badass”.
The US president heaped praise on Volodymyr Zelensky for his calculated drone assault attack – but warned it has only made Vlad crazier.
The Kremlin dictator held a 75 minute phone call with Trump on Wednesday as they discussed rising tensions in Ukraine.
Top of the agenda was reportedly the 117 drone blitz over the weekend which left four of Russia’s key airbases up in flames.
X / @OsinttechnicalUkraine hit Bryansk airport in its own attack[/caption]
X / @OsinttechnicalShocked Russians caught the explosion on video[/caption]
East2WestA major fire broke out at Rosrezerv Kristall Plant oil depot following a drone strike[/caption]
The daring Operation Spiderweb saw a fired up Ukraine wreck 41 Russian planes across the strategic airfields.
Putin’s doomsday bomber fleet was crippled with a third of his most prized aircraft lying in smouldering wrecks.
Russia’s ambassador in London pinned some of the blame for the attack on Britain.
Moscow diplomat Andrei Kelin said that Ukrainian attacks “are bringing the conflict to a different level of escalation”.
Russian ambassador to the UK Kelin warned that Kyiv shouldn’t “try to engulf World War Three” in an interview with Sky News.
He also seemingly blamed the UK for potentially providing Ukraine with weaponry that could have been used during the weekend attacks.
Putin is now said to be plotting his revenge for the stunning sabotage strike, telling Trump he will have to respond.
East2WestA bomb explodes in Lutsk, western Ukraine[/caption]
APRussian President Vladimir Putin chairs a cabinet meeting on Wednesday[/caption]