Putin threatens to crush Kyiv ‘into DUST’ with Oreshnik missiles that boast ‘power of a meteorite’ in tyrannical rant

WAR crazed President Putin threatened to blast parts of Kyiv “to dust” aft unleashing a rocket and drone blitz that plunged a cardinal radical into blackouts.

The tyrant claimed aggregate strikes with his caller Oreshnik hypersonic rocket would beryllium akin to a nuclear bomb.

He said targets connected the Kremlin’s database included “decision making centres” successful Kyiv.

His words were seen arsenic a thinly veiled menace to blitz Ukraine’s parliament, ministries, and overseas embassies which person truthful acold escaped unscathed.

He blasted the cardinal metropolis of Dnipro with an Oreshnik rocket past week – which helium claimed was a “test successful combat conditions”.

It was the archetypal clip the mean scope ballistic rocket had been utilized successful anger.

It is based connected an RS-26 Rubezh rocket designed for atomic warfare and it reached speeds of 13,000mph successful the last signifier of its descent arsenic it divided into aggregate missiles, each equipped with aggregate warheads seconds earlier impact.

Putin vowed to motorboat much aft America gave Kyiv support to occurrence agelong scope US ATACMS missiles and British Storm Shadow weapons astatine targets wrong Russia.

Ukraine launched its first ATACMS missiles into Russia connected November 11 and Storm Shadow rockets conscionable 2 days later.

Russia's defence ministry connected Tuesday said Ukraine had carried retired caller strikes, connected 23 and 25 November, utilizing ATACMS rockets.

Experts said Russia is thought to person astir 10 Oreshnik’s successful its arsenal.

The tyrant unleashed his menace and gleefully boasted astir his warfare artifact during a code successful Kazakhstan for the acme of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

He said: “I person already said that these are rather almighty elements that are heated up to a somesthesia of 4,000 degrees centigrade.

"Well, I don't know, you tin look connected the net astatine the aboveground country of the sun, I deliberation 5,600 to 6,000 degrees is comparable to the somesthesia connected the aboveground of the sun.

“A kinetic impact, a monolithic impact. Like a meteorite falling.

"We cognize successful past however and what meteorites fell wherever and what the consequences were."

He besides called retired the West for aiding Ukraine arsenic helium reiterated his stance connected them present being straight progressive successful the conflict.

Putin's latest threats came hours aft the Kremlin unleashed a monolithic question of astir 190 missiles and drones.

Ukraine said it changeable down 76 cruise missiles, 3 air-to-surface missiles, and 35 drones.

It besides said 62 drones were “lost from radar” – which usually means they were downed by physics warfare oregon made to alert backmost to Russia.

But astatine slightest 12 missiles got done – and blasted Ukraine’s lipid and vigor infrastructure.

The onslaught included 28 Kalibr cruise missiles launched from ships and submarines successful the Black Sea, Ukraine said.

Putin claimed 17 targets had been hit.

Ukraine’s President Zelensky accused Russia of a “despicable escalation”.

He said the latest strikes included cruise missiles equipped with clump bombs.

Putin has besides taken governmental swipes astatine the West arsenic the expulsion of the British diplomat Wilkes Edward Prior was revealed yesterday.

The tyrant nevertheless was taunted connected his travel to Kazakstan aft his motorcade drove past a immense illuminated Ukraine flag.

Putin was near embarrassed aft brave hackers changed 1 of the integer Russian flags displayed successful the country's capital.

The screen, astatine Astana Opera Theatre, was reportedly permanently turned disconnected pursuing the incidental past night.

Officials launched a transgression probe into the embarrassing blunder.