DRAMATIC footage showed the moment a Ukrainian kamikaze drone blitzed Vladimir Putin’s war factory.
Two pure alcohol plants were attacked and one site burst into a firey inferno following an earlier raid.
East2WestA Ukrainian attack damaged a war plant in Russia’s Voronezh region[/caption]
East2WestThe ethanol factory burst into a ball of flames[/caption]
East2WestThe site was hit by Ukrainian drones[/caption]
East2WestThe resulting inferno was caught on camera[/caption]
The Anninsky ethanol distillery, located in Russia’s Voronezh region, was hit by drones just moments after a previous attack.
These plants were used to produce fuel for the explosives used by the Russian military in its war against Ukraine.
Shocking footage showed how the flammable site exploded after the targeted air strike.
The power from the attack forced debris to shoot into the air.
The Governor for the Voronezh region revealed two employees at the Anninsky site were injured.
This fire also damaged several buildings and machinery around the alcohol plant.
A second plant, in the Novokhopersky district of the same region, was damaged by the drone strike but it did not result in a blazing inferno.
The local governor said a roof and tank were damaged in the second attack.
He added the fire was extinguished around 2 am local time.
A Ukrainian official explained why these factories were important targets in the war.
The head of the Centre for Combating Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Andrei Kovalenko, revealed these alcohol plants have a much sinister purpose.
Kovalenko said: “Russian distilleries are used to produce not only alcohol, but also military fuel and explosives.”
He added: “These are all military objects, despite being disguised as something else.”
This strike came after Putin issued a chilling threat to Ukraine on its use of weapons.
Russia’s leader vowed to hit back if Volodymyr Zelensky’s army used long-range missiles on his country.
Putin confirmed yesterday that if the West were to lift its arms restrictions on Ukraine, and allow it to fire the long-range rockets, it would mark an act of war by NATO and he would have to hit back.
The dictator said: “Our military department is thinking about this and will offer various options.”
Putin added that this sort of action by Ukraine would lead him to believe there was Western involvement in an attack.
The tyrant said: “Only NATO specialists can do this, because this requires space reconnaissance, which Ukraine naturally does not have.
“We understand this – specialists are needed who will enter flight missions based on this reconnaissance data and perform a whole series of other actions.
“The Ukrainian army cannot do this on its own. Therefore, what is happening now is all being done by NATO officers.
“The only question is whether they will allow themselves to strike deep into Russian territory or not.
“And, naturally, we will have to react to this accordingly.”
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