By Matt Snape
RUSSIA’S navy has been “significantly degraded” by blasts at a Russian-operated airfield, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.
The Saky base in the west of Crimea was damaged by a series of blasts on Tuesday, killing one person.
Eight Russian combat jets were lost as a result of the blasts, the MoD said in its daily intelligence update.
Ukraine has not claimed responsibility, but satellite images reveal the possibility of a targeted attack.
The news could not come at a worse time for Russia, as Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence has released new video of an intercepted call between an occupier in Ukraine and his friend in Russia insulting Putin’s failing army.
The video shared on Twitter was accompanied with the caption: ” It’s best for them to go home now… while they still can”a strong message to Vladimir Putin’s forces.
During the minute long call the Russian can be heard saying: “Their drones are up their, imagine drones or quad-copters up there.
“And our guys can’t do anything about these drones.
“Can’t jam them, can’t do f****** anything.”
Elsewhere, Ukraine has warned a nuclear catastrophe worse than Chernobyl is facing Europe as fighting rages around the Zaporizhzhia plant.
The nuclear plant – which is Europe’s largest – was seized by Russia in the early days of the war and it claims Ukrainian shells have landed just 10 metre from buildings at the facility.
It comes as new video footage shows smoke rising from around Zaporizhzhia.
Both Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the fighting amid fears of a new nuclear horror.
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