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THIS is the dramatic moment Ukrainian kamikaze drones blasted a key Kremlin naval base and flotilla.
Footage of the drone strike shows the Caspian Sea Flotilla in Kaspiysk blitzed as Russian servicemen can be seen running for their lives.
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In the video, a Ukranian A-22 Flying Fox long-range drone can be seen exploding at the port in Dagestan region after Russian air defences shot down drone following the air strike.
The flotilla has previously launched missile strikes on Ukraine, and the 177th Marine Regiment has taken part in battles in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Ukraine claimes to have damaged two missile ships Tatarstan and Dagestan in the strike on Kaspiysk.
According to the Military Informant Telegram channel, the two boats were are 2022 Stupinets Project 12411t missle boat and a small missile ship dubbed Project 21631.
Two smaller warships - Buyan-M class corvettes - may also have been damaged, according to sources in Kyiv.
The attack was carried out by Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency.
It comes after 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.
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.
Huge fireball erupts as long-range Ukrainian drone scores direct hit on Russian naval base
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.
Meanwhile, an increasingly desperate Russia has begun deploying a mysterious new gas on the battlefield in Ukraine.
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The sinister use of chemical warfare against the Ukrainian troops comes as Volodymyr Zelensky's troops continue to push west on the frontline.
Russia has now used a mysterious WW1-style gas on the frontlines to choke Ukrainian soldiers fighting there, Kyiv claims.
However, Kyiv's forces have been unable to recognise the chemical composition according to Colonel Artem Vlasiuk, Ukraine’s Support Forces’ Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Command.
Vlasiuk told The Kyiv Independent: "Ukraine is currently unable to identify the majority of the gas used on the battlefield, compared to previous months when it could diagnose about half of the chemicals."
The colonel added: "Of the 323 recorded cases of Russia's chemical attacks in October, nearly all except 15 incidents were ‘unidentified’."
Ukraine's drone warfare
Ukraine's military has mastered drone warfare since Putin first invaded the country in February 2022.
Since early 2023, the cheap, explosive, flying machines have become one of Kyiv's biggest success stories on the battlefield.
Ukraine’s “Achilles” troops are specialised drone warfare units within the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, playing a pivotal role in Ukraine’s ongoing defence against Russian forces.
These troops have gained recognition for their expertise in using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in combat, particularly in repelling Russian assaults and destroying enemy equipment.
The battalion operates highly effective UAVs, such as the "Vampire" drones, which have been instrumental in targeting Russian positions and equipment, particularly in nighttime operations.
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