NATO has scrambled fighter jets after Putin launched a major air attack across Ukraine overnight.
The bombardment of 537 drones and 45 missiles unleashed by Russian forces caused yet more death and destruction as civilians and energy and rail facilities were targeted.
The brutal attacks piled more agony on Ukraine at the end of a week which has seen dozens slaughtered in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described as 'vile' strikes 'demonstrating Putin's true intentions – to continue killings, not to take steps towards peace'.
Ukraine hit back with targeted strikes at key Russian oil refineries and a chemical plant.
NATO was forced to scramble Polish and other Allied warplanes on Ukraine's border due to the intensity of the Russian strikes, which included Putin's nuclear capable strategic Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers.
