THIS is the terrifying moment apocalyptic explosions light up Ukraine’s night sky during a brutal Russian blitz.
Putin pummelled the port of Chornomorsk, south of Odesa, which is thought to have received a large shipment of Western ammo.
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Footage shows drones slamming down into the horizon followed by numerous fireball explosions.
Clouds of flame and smoke erupt into skybriefly turning night into day.
Thunderous explosions ring out across the land as the drones keep coming.
A dockside warehouse appeared to be the targetamid suspicions that a new supply of ammunition or weapons had ignited.
The port was hammered by at least 20 Shahed drones, reportedly not long after the arrival of a new cargo shipment from Turkey.
The destruction of a large package of foreign weapons is potentially a major blow to Ukraine’s war effort.
Chaos at Chornomorsk came after Putin’s top war commander General Valery Gerasimov vowed new “targeted, massive strikes against Ukrainian military installations and military-industrial complex facilities”.
Putin on his 73rd birthday this week threatened that the war will go on indefinitely, saying: “We must ensure the unconditional fulfilment of all objectives, the achievement of all the goals facing the troops during the special military operation.”
Ukraine’s official report said the strikes at Chornomorsk struck a “port infrastructure facility” and that “containers with vegetable oilvehicles, and wood fuel pellets were burning”.
However, suspicion has swirled that the attack actually hit a stash of weapons, possibly from the West, which blew up spectacularly.
Russian war channel Ramzai said the secondary explosions were from “a military cargo arriving from Turkey“.
It said: “The attack on the terminal was swift, immediately after unloading containers with weapons and ammunition.
“Odesa hasn’t seen or heard such a detonation in a long time.”
Five people were injured in the strikes, according to Ukrainian officials.
Fierce attacks also targeted the Sumy border region.
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A 66-year-old man was killed by a Russian aerial bomb in Bilopillia, and a 44-year-old local in the Mykolaiv district.
The war-ravaged region shouldered 98 Russian attacks on 32 targets within 24 hours.
Ukraine, meanwhile, struck the Lukoil-Korobkovsky gas processing plant in the city of Kotovo, Volgograd region, triggering an inferno.
A blaze broke out near the Yefimovka pumping station, as Ukraine continues to target Russian oil facilities.
Ukraine’s strikes were the latest in a long-distance bombing campaign which has brought the Russian economy to its knees.
Some 85 energy-linked targets – including dozens of oil refineries – have been hit by Ukraine in two months, with fuel rationing and even petrol coupons being introduced in the worst-hit areas.