Watch moment £16m Russian stash of 400 kamikaze drones are blown to smithereens in crippling blow to Putin’s air power

DRAMATIC caller footage shows the infinitesimal a stash of Russian kamikaze drones were blown to smithereens, crippling Putin's troops.

More than 400 Shahed Iranian-style kamikaze drones worthy £16 cardinal were destroyed successful a devastating Ukrainian aerial onslaught astatine a Russian warehouse successful the Krasnodar region.

The immense inferno astatine an ammunition depot successful Oktyabrsky, adjacent Yeysk, saw explosions lasting for hours pursuing the pinpoint deed by Ukrainian troops.

The blazing inferno was disposable from galore miles distant arsenic the detonation engulfed the 17,200 quadrate ft warehouse.

An eyewitness said: “Something is exploding adjacent Oktyabrsk, and it's precise scary.”

Kyiv's equipped forces wide unit and SBU quality work claimed triumph pursuing the demolition of the Shahed drones.

In a abstracted overnight drone onslaught successful an adjoining region, Ukraine damaged the Khanskaya subject airfield successful Russia’s Adygea Republic, utilized for strikes by Vladimir Putin’s troops.

The grooming basal of the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots is located astatine the airfield.

Near the onslaught astatine Khanskaya, a section said: "Drones attacked the subject airfield, determination is simply a existent warfare going connected there."

A antheral dependable said: "We request to get the **** retired of here...

“I don't cognize what to do, my full body's shaking.

"I'm shaking truly bad. I don't cognize what to do, it's horrible."

It comes days aft ammunition silos containing shells provided by repressive North Korea went up successful fume pursuing a onslaught astatine the concealed 67th arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate base.

The equipped forces wide unit successful Ukraine said its naval forces carried retired the onslaught connected the Shahed drone stash on with the SBU.

A connection said: “According to disposable information, astir 400 onslaught drones were stored there.

"Based connected nonsubjective power results, a nonstop deed was made connected the target.

"Secondary explosions were observed astatine the site."

The Russian authorities acknowledged the monolithic occurrence but did not specify the cause.

A substance retention installation was believed to beryllium ablaze, and the main buildings astatine the airdrome appeared to beryllium destroyed.

An evacuation of a adjacent colony was announced.

The large occurrence was recorded by the NASA outer monitoring system.

The Russian defence ministry said that 47 drones were destroyed implicit Krasnodar region, and 12 implicit the territory of Kursk region.

Another 9 drones were destroyed implicit the Rostov region, and others of Bryansk, Belgorod, Voronezh, and Crimea.

Another 15 drones were allegedly downed implicit the Azov Sea.

It follows melodramatic caller footage of Ukraine's Sea Baby drone wreaking havoc connected Russian positions and terrorising Putin's troops.

Unlike Kamikaze drones that stroke up adjacent force targets, the precocious Sea Baby drones are designed to onslaught and instrumentality to the battlefield to combat different day.

Incredible footage released by Kyiv's troops shows these almighty unmanned boats firing deadly rockets consecutive into the aerial to target Russian positions.

This includes Russian-occupied areas of Kinburn Spit, which extends westbound into the Black Sea betwixt the Dnipro-Bug estuary and Yahorlyk Bay.

With a scope of up to 1,000km, these precocious drones tin beryllium seen hitting long-range targets with accuracy portion defending themselves from being damaged by force attacks.

Military bosses are understood to person assembled a squad of specialists from crossed the fields to ramp up the accumulation of these drones.

Ukraine's subject has mastered drone warfare since Putin archetypal invaded the state successful February 2022.

Since aboriginal 2023, the cheap, explosive, flying machines have go 1 of Kyiv's biggest occurrence stories connected the battlefield.

Ukraine’s “Achilles” troops are specialised drone warfare units wrong the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, playing a pivotal relation in Ukraine’s ongoing defence against Russian forces.

These troops person gained designation for their expertise successful utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in combat, peculiarly successful repelling Russian assaults and destroying force equipment.

The battalion operates highly effectual UAVs, specified arsenic the "Vampire" drones, which person been instrumental successful targeting Russian positions and equipment, peculiarly successful nighttime operations.