Vladimir Putin confirmed he ordered a massive missile bombardment of Ukraine today, targeting what he said was 'military, communications and energy' after a blast on the Kerch bridge at the weekend, which Russia has blamed on Ukraine. The Russian despot vowed a 'severe response' to any further 'terrorist attacks', saying his retaliation would be 'in line with the level of threat to the Russian federation'. Ukraine says 83 missiles were fired at its territory today - half of which were shot down but the other half of which struck the power grid, water supplies, and civilians. At least eight people died and dozens were hurt in rare attacks on the capital Kyiv, while the cities of Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Sumy, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Ternopil and Lviv were also hit. Zelesnky, speaking on the streets of Kyiv as the attack was ongoing, said accused Russia of trying to 'wipe us off the face of the earth