Russia faced a major bombardment today as huge explosions ripped through the occupied port of Berdiansk - with Ukraine believed to be making the most of new missiles gifted by Britain.
Footage shows the moment facilities at the port are hit with a suspected Storm Shadow missile, Britain's most potent non-nuclear missile which can strike targets from a range of 150 miles.
A huge plume of smoke was seen rising from a location in the port area on the Sea of Azov, in the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region.
Russian state media outlet RT said there had been 'casualties and destruction' from the strike, the exact target of which was not immediately clear.
Russian-installed official Vladimir Rogov said there had been nine people reported injured. Berdiansk was first hit on Saturday in Storm Shadow missile strikes.
Chaos was also unleashed inside Russia today, with the border region of Belgorod facing renewed attacks from the air.
Two women were reportedly killed in the Maslova Pristan settlement amid intense shelling in Shebekinsky district.
A child and another adult were reported as wounded.
A report said an explosive device was dropped on a road from a drone.
The area is under siege from Russian anti-Putin partisans challenging the armed forces from bases inside Ukraine.
A video shows Free Russia Legion fighters inside Russia at Novaya Tavolzhanka village in Belgorod region.
Thousands of locals have evacuated border towns and villages amid fighting.
In Russian-occupied Mariupol, also on the Sea of Azov, air defences hit incoming Ukrainian missiles, according to Russian reports.
Earlier Russia faced drone attacks in Kursk region, which borders Ukraine.
In a night-time attack on Berdiansk last week, which reports suggested may also have been carried out with Storm Shadow missiles, fire was seen raining down over the port.
Videos from a residential building showed a column of flames believed to be rising over the port area following the strike.
It was claimed a Russian store of S-300 air defence missiles was struck in the attack, but there was no immediate confirmation.
An unnamed Russian official in Zaporizhzhia verified the attack in Berdiansk, saying the city was 'under the Kyiv regime's fire. Explosions were heard on the outskirts [of the city]. First responders were working at the scene'.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace previously confirmed the missiles had been used by Ukraine on 18 May - but declined to give further details.
He said the missiles gave the Ukrainians the ability to strike Russian command and control centres which had been moved further behind the front line to keep them out of range of the rocket artillery systems the West had supplied to Kyiv.
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