Daring Ukrainian special forces raid is revealed as cause 'behind explosion at Russian airbase in Crimea'

 Daring Ukrainian special forces raid is revealed as cause 'behind explosion at Russian airbase in Crimea' as Ben Wallace dismisses Moscow's explanations saying it clearly wasn't caused by 'someone dropping a cigarette'

• Anonymous Ukrainian official told The Washington Post that his nation's special forces were behind the blasts
• The explosions rocked a Russian held military airbase home to fighter jets and freight aircraft yesterday 
• Kremlin maintained that no aircraft has been damaged or attack took place which Ben Wallace dismissed 
• Videos and images have emerged of the smouldering wreckage of cars and jets stationed at the base
• Other clips meanwhile showed motorways out of Crimea backed up as thousands attempted to flee 
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to 'liberate' Crimea from Russian occupation in latest address
• But Ukraine has not yet officially accepted responsibility for the incident at the Novofedorivka airbase
• The Defence Secretary also said the site on the Crimean peninsula is a 'legitimate target' for Ukraine to strike
  

• Ben Wallace dismissed Moscow's explanation for a series of deadly explosions which destroyed parts of a crucial Russian airbase in Crimea yesterday as Ukraine said its special forces were responsible. 

  The Defence Secretary has said it is 'clear' explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea were not caused by 'someone dropping a cigarette' as the Kremlin maintained that no aircraft has been damaged, or that an attack took place.

  Mr Wallace said it was 'very early days' and the UK would 'see what information comes out' after reports that one person was killed, and 14 were injured in the attack at the Saki air base.

  An anonymous official from the Ukrainian air force told the Washington Post the destruction of up to ten Russian aircraft had been carried out by special forces – despite claims yesterday that long-range missiles could have been used. 

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile vowed to 'liberate' the peninsula previously part of Ukraine but annexed by Russia in 2014 despite international condemnation after hordes of Russians seemingly began to fleeing the Crimea in the wake of the explosions

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