Putin Unleashes Deadliest Missile Blitz on Ukraine

Putin’s forces in deadly missile barrage in Luhansk that killed over 20 people

Officials said dozens of Russian projectiles were launched from the Caspian Sea

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin unleashed his deadliest missile blitz on Ukraine for almost a month on Wednesday, killing more than 20 people and causing electrical blackouts in tens of thousands of homes.

Officials said more than 20 missiles were fired from the Caspian Sea in the devastating barrage which hit electrical substations close to railways and residential areas, plunging hundreds of thousands of frightened civilians into darkness.

Among those killed was a priest in the frontline region of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.

The flurry of attacks came as Russia prepares to celebrate Victory Day on May 9, marking the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany.

It was feared Putin will use the occasion to declare an ‘all-out war’ on Ukraine rather than what he currently calls a ‘special military operation’.

The Russian military said yesterday it had used sea and airlaunched guided weapons, including Kalibr cruise missiles fired from submarines, to destroy power facilities at five railway stations across Ukraine, while artillery and aircraft also struck troop strongholds and fuel and ammunition depots.

Strikes in the frontline Donbas area, where an oil depot was hit, killed 21, according to the governor of the eastern Donetsk region.

It was the single largest loss of life since a missile attack on the railway station in

Kramatorsk killed 59 a month ago.

Officials said six rockets were fired directly on western

Ukraine, where millions of refugees have fled since Putin’s invasion on February

24.