Storm Shadow missiles strike Crimea as Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers hit Kyiv

DEVASTATING attacks were unleashed by Vladimir Putin on Ukraine using his Tu-95 strategic bombers to hit Kyiv, Kharkiv, and multiple other Ukrainian regions.

At the same time, Ukraine delivered its most devastating kamikaze drone attack of the war on Russian facilities in annexed Crimea.

This followed a Storm Shadow attack which is believed to have struck a key Russian Black Sea Fleet command post at Verkhnosadove near Sevastopol.

A dramatic video showed one of eight Storm Shadow missiles to be unleashed on Crimea on Wednesday.

Russian sources said five were downed but admitted three had struck near Verkhnosadove.

The overnight blitzkrieg came as President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addressed the UN security council.

At least 19 kamikaze drones were targeted at Crimea.

Explosions hit Sevastopol, near Simferopol and Evpatoria as well as Saki, Novofedorovka,, Dzhankoy and Balaklava. By Will Stewart.

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[MenBehavingBadly.]

Well done Ukraine nice to see the storm shadows being put to good use 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦

[demhunte]

♥️🇺🇦♥️🇬🇧♥️at last Ukraine can retaliate a bit better♥️

[richardsanders.]

I fully support Storm Shadow attacks on Moscow and Saint Petersburg. I'm not afraid of Sad Vlad Putins nuke talk because we have nukes too.

[B.D.E.]

Love the Storm Shadow, it has in 2023 become the strategically most important weapon that Ukraine has been given from NATO countries.
USA and Germany need to grow a pair and deliver.

[may_laytrucker]

Hit it where hurts, slava Ukraine 👏👍🇺🇦🇺🇲

[PatriciaSantos-qtlw]

Ukraine urgently needs the modern airplanes and the ATACMS plus the TAURUS !! Why are these taking so long?? TWO YEARS are passing and still we're wondering about it!

[mauriciolizarbe]

The Liberation of Crimea will never failed

[Nebuchadnezzar]

If you care about Ukraine, call for peace.

[bigfred]

This needs to end soon or there will be nobody left to kill

[pliashmuldba]

A storm shadow going towards Russians are better than 10 storm shadows in storage.

[jasonlawrence]

I am interested to see Ukraine take out one of those tu-95 bombers. I doubt they get anywhere near close enough, but from within Russia it could be done.

[DavidGetling]

FFS, in this day and age Ukraine should have some fighter jets capable of taking out bombers! Compared to a fighter jet bombers are slow lumbering easy targets.

[MrGaborseres]

Can't wait for Putin and his hinchman explain all this at the Hague 🤨

[sergiocomuzzo]

They should start to target these bombers in their airports through special forces

[KremlinWhiteHousest]

Thank you for this attack very satisfied me 👍🇺🇦👏👏👏👏
If possible, add more ☺️🇺🇦

SLAVA TO UKRAINE ARMY AND UKRAINE PEOPLE 🇺🇦💕😊

[kyöstisotkamo]

Slava Ukrayini🇺🇦 Nezalezhnoyi Ukrayiny🙏❤️🇺🇦🇫🇮

[andyduhamel]

Two opposites of this war, UA strikes an air command centre, Russia hits civilians !!

[simonbird]

A fantastic use of tax payers cash, send more now! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦❤️‍🩹🇺🇦

[luzr]

Probably the defining question of this war is whether Ukraine will run out of military targets to hit before Russia levels all Ukraine's apartment buildings.

[drbendover]

Good to see Ukraine becoming the second army of the world:)