THIS is the dramatic moment Ukraine unleashed its biggest ever kamikaze drone strike on Moscow in a major blow for Vladimir Putin.
Four Moscow airports were forced to suspend flights and a Russian military base went up in flames after a strike in Bryansk region.
The huge inferno could be seen from nearby residential areas[/caption]
Footage showed an inferno at the Russian army’s 1060th logistics centre some 70 miles from the Ukrainian border.
Videos highlighted the most concerted attack since early September on Putin‘s capital city as dozens of drones were filmed buzzing the city in the early morning.
Ukrainian UAVs were shot down in the districts of Ramenskoye, Domodedovo and Kolomna, said Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
Drones were seen exploding in flames and a fireball after being hit by an air defence missile just outside the city.
By 9.45am local time, a total of 32 drones had been shot down by Russian air defences, according to authorities.
Two private houses were on fire at Sofyino in the Moscow region after being hit by debris from a falling drone.
Other residential areas were also hit by drone debris after they were shot down.
The attack saw the Russian capital feel some of the terror its own armed forces have inflicted on Ukraine.
Reports said Moscow international airports Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky had suspended flights due to the drone onslaught.
Sheremetyevo airport was later shut as well.
One of the many Ukrainian drones unleashed into Russian territory[/caption]
Falling drone debris also hit several residential areas around Moscow[/caption]
Emergency services were reportedly working at the scene of the drone strikes, said the mayor.
A major fire with thick white smoke was seen close to a highway in the Moscow region.
A fire was also reported close to Zhukovsky airport.
A 52-year-old woman was injured by shrapnel in the wave of attacks.
She was hospitalized with burns to her face, neck, and arms and was in intensive care.
Separately, 23 drones were shot down or intercepted over the Bryansk, Rostov, Belgorod and Kursk regions, according to the Russian defence ministry.
The military site in Bryansk region – which borders Ukraine – evidently took a direct hit.
A drone flies over a Russian home after being hit[/caption]
The attack on a Russian military unit in Bryansk could be seen from miles away[/caption]
Giant plumes of smoke and could be seen across the Russian capital’s skyline[/caption]
The Russian defence ministry said as the strikes were still ongoing: “During the past night, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.”
It comes after a British soldier was tragically killed by Russian troops while fighting out in Ukraine.
Hero Callum Tindal-Draper, 22, volunteered to battle against Vladimir Putin‘s army after the tyrant invaded almost three years ago – as his family pay tribute to their “brave” son.
Callum had been fighting alongside volunteer troops from the 4th International Legion in Ukraine when he was killed in action on November 5.
His family were told he was defending an observation point when it was targeted by Russian soldiers.
Callum – a former hospital worker from Cornwall – was described by his fellow military unit as an inspiration to them all.
His mum Caroline even said the battalion sent back video messages and handwritten letters to the family after his death as they said Callum was like a “little brother”.
Callum’s body is yet to be flown home to the UK with his parents saying they are planning on burying him in Ukraine.
The 22-year-old planned to stay and live the rest of his life in Ukraine.
Thick white smoke was seen close to a highway in the Moscow region[/caption]