UP IN FLAMES
Incredible new vid shows devastating Ukrainian fireball strike on Putin’s £40m Su-34 warplane & bomb store inside Russia
Watch to see the catastrophic damage done to Putin's military airfield
DEVASTATING footage has been released showing the damage from Ukraine's deadly fireball strike on a Putin warplane and ammunition store.
The mangled remains of a whopping £40 million Su-34 are seen at the blitzed Morozovsk military airfield in the Rostov region.
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The strike was early on August 3 but the video and pictures of the extensive damage have only just emerged.
At the time, the Russians said the region had been attacked by 55 kamikaze drones.
It is believed some 18 hit their target.
As a result of the intense attack, an ammunition-laden warehouse was exploded - an immense loss to Putin's war machine.
Destroyed were FAB 100 to 500 aerial bombs, KAB-500 guided aerial bombs and rare KAB-1500, reports say.
R-73 air-to-air missiles were also catastrophically exploded.
At the time of the strike, Russian officials said that “most of the drones were destroyed, there were no casualties.”
Russia’s 559th Guards Bomber Guards Regiment - military unit 75392 - is based at the military airfield in Morozovka.
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Front-line Su-24, Su-24M, Su-34 bombers are stationed at the airfield.
In the attack, a bright orange ball lit up the sky as plumes of smoke filled the air and thunderous sounds of the explosion were heard for miles.
It comes as Ukrainian military intelligence chief Lt-Gen Kyrylo Budanov revealed work is underway on a “complex solution” to destroy Vladimir Putin’s £3billion bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea in the “coming months”.
Ukraine also hit military warehouses in Rostov region as part of what the Russians labelled a “massive” attack.
Some 55 drones overnight attacked the region, said governor Vasily Golubev, while Russia claimed it downed 75 in the barrage.
He claimed unspecified “storage facilities” had been hit.
"Emergency services are extinguishing the fires. Information about the victims is being clarified,” he said.
Separately, footage showed the moment a kamikaze drone hit a 16-storey tower block in Oryol region, south of Moscow.
The strike caused a huge explosion.
The Morozovsk airfield is a key Russian base near Morozovsk, close to the Ukrainian border.
It hosts several squadrons of fighter aircraft, including the advanced Su-34, a modern Russian fighter-bomber.
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Explosions were also heard in Millerovo.
Budanov defended Ukraine’s campaign to attack Russian military airport facilities.
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