Nato fighter jets scrambled as Putin unleashes huge missile and drone blitz on Ukraine – killing at least six people

NATO combatant jets were scrambled arsenic Vladimir Putin unleashed a immense rocket and drone blitz connected Ukraine.

The savage barrage connected Friday nighttime killed six guiltless Ukrainians aft the bombs slammed into flat buildings and neighbourhoods.

Putin utilized nuclear-capable bomber craft including Tu-95s and Tu-22s to unleash the Kh-22 missiles astatine Ukraine.

Nato scrambled its combatant jets successful Poland successful effect to the standard of the onslaught adjacent the alliance's eastbound border.

It besides prepared its anti-air defences successful lawsuit missiles oregon drones passed into its airspace.

In Ukraine’s 2nd metropolis Kharkiv, a drone crashed successful the Kholodnohirskyi residential district, sidesplitting 1 pistillate and leaving 5 injured, its politician said.

In Poltava, an mean flat artifact was deed ripping isolated the entranceway and sidesplitting three, including a child, and wounding ten.

Several apical floors were smashed and heavy columns of fume roseate into the sky.

Fires broke retired amongst the rubble with firefighters and rescuers having to marque their mode done the unsafe country to find survivors.

The onslaught soon aft Donald Trump announced successful the Oval Office that his medication was actively talking to Moscow.

Head of Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, Andriy Yermak, slammed Russia for the attack.

He said: “Murderers who person perfectly nary respect for immoderate person successful the world, oregon immoderate different nation.

“There's lone fear, which does not let them to bash the aforesaid successful Europe. For now."

He said: “We are having precise superior discussions astir that war, trying to get it ended."

Trump and Putin are apt to talk aft the Republican pledged to extremity the warfare connected "day one" during his run to instrumentality to the White House.

The Russian defence ministry said its overnight strikes had deed state and vigor infrastructure that proviso Ukraine's "military-industrial complexes".

Putin, meanwhile, was seen presenting a bouquet of achromatic roses to Russia’s starring churchman - Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill - connected the 16th day of this enthronement.

The fully-fledged Russian penetration of its neighbour enters its 4th twelvemonth successful February.

On Friday, The Sun revealed a leader who deserted the British Army to combat for Ukraine had died.

Former Royal Welsh Fusilier Alexander Garms-Rizzi, 23, acted arsenic “bait” to gully occurrence distant from 3 Ukrainian troops during a frontline battle.

Ukrainian aerial defence besides repelled the attacks successful Kyiv, but determination were nary contiguous reports of large harm oregon casualties successful the capital.

Putin's goons person besides posted sickening videos of their murderous drone strikes connected guiltless Ukrainians online arsenic warped warfare "trophies".

Horrifying clips of respective weaponry drops connected civilian homes, buses, and cars person been posted connected Telegram during Mad Vlad's violent invasion.

Videos, proudly uploaded by sick-minded Russian troops, amusement drone operators flying their weapons astatine a debased tallness implicit the city.