Ukraine has destroyed the headquarters of Russia’s shadowy Wagner mercenary group in Donbas after a war propagandist gave away its location online.

Sergei Sreda, a so-called ‘war reporter’, posted pictures online last week of himself at the base – in the city of Popasna – and shaking hands with a man who appeared to be Yevgeny Prigozhin, the oligarch dubbed ‘Putin’s chef’ who owns Wagner.

But the pictures also included details – such as the address of a nearby bomb shelter – that allowed experts to quickly pinpoint its location. On Sunday, Russian Telegram channels with links to Wagner confirmed it had been hit…

It is not clear whether Prigozhin was still at the base at the time it was hit. He has denied being in the photos, and claims never to have visited the base.