Shocking pile of rockets, missiles and bombs lays bare the scale of Russia’s murderous bombardment in Ukraine

A MISSILE mountain lays bare the scale of Russia’s murderous bombardment in Ukraine. The evidence of slaughter is a 15ft-high pile of rockets, missiles and bombs collected from homes and gardens, dug out of the streets and children’s playgrounds. This 15ft-high pile of rockets, missiles and bombs was collected from homes and gardens, dug out of the streets and children’s playgrounds At a secret location, we watched a bomb disposal team detonate 2.7 tons of explosives The Sun spent two days with the hero bomb squad in Kharkiv, which has suffered the worst bombardment of any city outside Mariupol. Brave bomb disposal experts have answered 3,200 calls — more than twice as many as the capital Kyiv and blitzed Mykolaiv. Three of their comrades were killed and four seriously injured when a cluster bomb rocket exploded as they tried to move it. The mountain of mangled munition includes indiscriminate Tornado, Smerch, Uragan and Grad rockets, as well as guided Iskander ballistic and Kalibr cruise missiles. Read more on Ukraine 'WAR AGAINST CHILDREN' School BOMBED & up to 60 feared dead as Putin 'escalates attacks' FRESH HORROR At least 60 feared dead as Putin's troops bomb school being used as shelter On a single morning Lt Col Ihor Ovcharuk’s four-strong team recovered: PART of a 25ft Tornado-S missile in Dr Kateryna Mehamud’s patio;REMNANTS of four Grad rockets that ripped walls and roof off Sergei Sereda’s home;PART of an unguided Uragan missile from a children’s playground;FOUR other Grads at three locations. A pilot’s home in Kulynychi was hit by a barrage of Grads. One buried in the lawn exploded underground, creating a 6ft cave which the owners only found when a sinkhole appeared two weeks later. In Saltivka district, where families have sheltered for months underground, a Grad was recovered from the loft of a scorched 15-storey block. Most read in The Sun TV TRAGEDY Minder and New Tricks star Dennis Waterman dies aged 74 at Spanish home put a spell on them BGT fans all say same thing as singer Immi reveals her age HARRY ON Man Utd fans in hysterics as Rangnick sends on Maguire at 4-0 down vs Brighton 'NEED THE TRUTH' Helen Skelton hired private eye after becoming suspicious about husband true love Rami might not get full sight back but I'll still be with him says Gemma Collins LOW BROW Woman urges others NOT to get eyebrows microbladed & shows results 4 years on The unguided rockets, fired from truck-mounted launchers, can be fitted with banned cluster mines. Lt Col Ovcharuk, 42, said they break up before impact and scatter smaller bomblets, including time-delay anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. He added: “The worst ones are the anti-tank mines. They are the hardest to make safe.” He cruises daily round Kharkiv in a truck with Alex Humenchak, 38, Volodymir Herynenko, 43, and Vladislav Shapobal, 26. The vehicle’s sides are pockmarked with holes and the passenger window has been blown out. They have only had one day off, Orthodox Easter Sunday, since Vladimir Putin unleashed his bloodbath on February 24. As of mid-April, more than 300 people had died in Kharkiv from Russian rockets, including more than 200 civilians. Another 964 civilians and 513 soldiers were wounded. The bomb squad said the missile mountain was only part of their haul. Alex said: “These ones are all safe, with no explosives.  If there are anti-tank mines undamaged, we give them to our military. Everything else, the cluster mines, explosives, we have to keep separately and destroy.” Read More on The Sun TV TRAGEDY Minder and New Tricks star Dennis Waterman dies aged 74 at Spanish home COME A CHOPPER Dramatic moment Russian helicopter is blown up in Ukrainian drone strike At a secret location, we watched them detonate 2.7 tons of explosives, including white phosphorous bombs. It sent soil and shrapnel skywards — to cheers from the team. But it was a chilling reminder of the dangers they face. Lt Col Ovcharuk shrugged: “We are always afraid, but you need to be to do our job.” Kharkiv’s bomb disposal team: Lt Col Ihor Ovcharuk, 42, Alex Humenchak, 38, Volodymir Herynenko, 43, and Vladislav Shapobal, 26 The mountain of mangled munition includes indiscriminate Tornado, Smerch, Uragan and Grad rockets