VLADIMIR Putin has fired a terrifying wave of hypersonic missiles on Ukraine in a chilling revenge strike.
The attack targeted civilian areas in the capital Kyiv with deadly destruction also left across multiple districts.
GettyPlumes of smoke engulfed several regions of Ukraine due to the deadly attack[/caption]
ReutersA residential block in Kyiv was left severely damaged in the blasts[/caption]
Firefighters look to put out a blaze in Ukraine following a missile blast
The attack was made up of lethal air-launched Kinzhal, or Dagger, hypersonic missiles and Iskander/KN-23 ballistic missiles.
It was seen as Putin’s revenge for the assassination of the dictator’s top nuclear defence general in Moscow on Tuesday.
Kyiv was left severely damaged due to the missile blasts with harrowing pictures showing tower blocks in the capital up in smoke.
Intense fires can be seen burning inside residential blocks with firefighters desperately battling to put out the flames.
Fears rapidly grew over people being trapped inside the ablaze block.
In the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv a staggering 630 residential buildings were targeted and left without power, say Ukrainian officials.
Another 16 hospitals, 17 schools and 13 kindergartens were also left without heat due to the Russian assault blasting a main heating pipeline, according to mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.
In total 60,000 Ukrainians were plunged into the freezing cold as electricity supplies failed after the attack.
In the nearby Shevchenkivsky district, rescue teams were sent out on recovery missions to try and search for people in the rubble of a public building.
A warehouse was also destroyed by an Iranian-made drone near the city’s Boryspil airport.
In Kharkiv an Iskander-M missile strike destroyed 12 private homes, a postal facility, and outbuildings.
Brave Ukraine air defences managed to down many of the incoming missiles but the cascading debris caused serious damage.
Kyiv is also believed to have been massively affected by a cyber attack on official records and registers.
The deadly strikes from Putin are said to have been done in revenge for the assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.
Footage showed the moment a bomb planted in an electric scooter blew up the top Russian general.
Kirllov has previously been accused of masterminding the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
Cars were left in ruins as fires tore through several regionsGetty
AFPThe roof of a building caved in as devastation swept across Ukraine[/caption]
East2WestThe moment a bomb goes off and kills Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov[/caption]
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