Expertly flown by an operator believed to be from Ukraine’s 503rd Naval Infantry Battalion, the drone swooped around 400ft above two Russian vehicles before letting loose its payload.

A four-year-old girl sheltering under steelworks in Mariupol has seen more of war than most adults. Little Alisa, whose mother is a medic, has waited under Putin’s bombs for 50 days.

Grass-root aid networks have sprung up across Ukraine to ensure those who have stayed behind in their homes in the besieged capital are able to get food and other crucial supplies.

Lawyer Victoria Konovalov pleads to the world to help evacuate the group (pictured) of 20 women, children and old people she is with who have been sheltering without heating or water in Mariupol.

The attack, which injured at least a dozen people, came as Russian troops edged closer to the city and kept up their siege of Mariupol, where 2,200 people have been killed.

Heartbreaking footage, taken in Irpin, located on the outskirts of the besieged capital city, confirmed that Russian forces are attacking heavily populated civilian areas

Photos shows Kirill’s devastated mother Marina Yatsko and her boyfriend Fedor are seen grieving as they embrace his lifeless body laid out on a stretcher in a hospital in besieged Mariupol.

Huge rain bombs are now pummeling three states sparking more chaos and widespread flooding in Sydney and south-east Queensland.