A burst pipe is being blamed for spraying a Moscow suburb with filthy water.

Ukrainian observers mockingly claimed the city’s sewage system had burst, but Russian sources said the more likely cause was damage to a high-pressure water pipe.

A video showed the enormous plume of dirty water gushing from a pipe by the side of what appears to be a construction site for new residential apartment blocks.

The jet of dirty brown-yellow water was propelled the height of a 10-storey building.

Pro-Ukraine commentators alleged cars and buildings in the area had been sprayed with  human waste.