Massive inferno engulfs Russian oil depot after Ukrainian kamikaze drone strike in another blow to Putin’s war machine

A MASSIVE inferno has engulfed a Russian oil depot after a targeted Ukrainian kamikaze drone strike – delivering another blow to Putin’s war machine.

Footage showed gigantic flames shooting into the sky and thick black smoke pouring out of the Proletarsk fuel storage overnight.

A Russian oil depot caught fire after a Ukrainian strike

Ukraine smashed the facility some 125 miles to the Ukrainian border with a series of kamikaze drone strikes causing the facility to ignite.

The aim of the attack by at least five unmanned aircraft on the facility in Rostov was to damage supplies to the Vladimir Putin’s military machine.

The blaze at Proletarsk was so serious that a fire-fighting train was sent to the oil depot.

The Russian authorities earlier reported that they had thwarted the attack, and that the fire was caused by falling debris from a drone.

Governor Vasily Golubev said: “A drone attack was repelled in the southeast of the Rostov region.

“Falling fragments set fire to diesel fuel stored at an industrial warehouse in Proletarka.”

It comes as Ukraine as targeted key Russian infrastructure during its surprise offensive into Kursk.

Footage released on Friday night showed a massive missile strike on a major bridge across the River Seym causing the bridge to collapse.

The hit threatened to cut off Russian troops defending their own country.

But, satellite imagery shows Russia has already built a temporary bridge further down the river in response.

Ukraine invaded Russia on August 6 and has since captured dozens of towns and capturing 1,150 square kilometres of territory.

Troops have reached 35km (21 miles) inside Russia after the surprise breakthrough and continue to push forward.

Putin has been humiliated by the invasion, which captured the same amount of land in eight days as Russia had in eight months.

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