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A dad allegedly took pictures of himself raping his baby daughter before selling them to Australian and Russian porn websites.

The father, from northern Ukraine, has been arrested after reportedly attacking the eight-month-old child.

He is accused of carrying out the depraved acts while the youngster's mother was away or working in the garden.

He then stashed his mobile full of the sick images in the baby's room among her toys, police said.

The woman only found out about the horrific crime when officers raided their home, according to reports.

The father, who has not been identified, was arrested in an early morning raid at his home while his family were still sleeping.

(Image: CEN/npu.gov.ua)

Pictures of his arrest were then released online by police showing the suspect dressed only in his underwear and his wife and daughter in their bedroom.

The man reportedly believed he would never be identified in his home town because he was selling the images on Australian porn websites.

According to police, the father raped the infant while taking pictures on his smartphone.

Vitaly Chubaevsky, deputy chief of the Ukrainian national cyber police department, said: "The man was raping his child when the mother was away or was working in the garden."

The mother only learned about what was happening with her daughter from the police and has became the most important witness in the case after she was horrified at what her husband had done, reports said.

A police spokesperson said: "The man's smartphone is full of evidence. We found it hidden in the baby's room among her toys."

The pictures were circulated on Australian and Russian porn websites and were noticed by Australian cyber police.

The Australian specialists were unable to track down the original source of the pictures and liaised with their Ukrainian colleagues.

Police confiscated the suspect's smartphone along with his computer, which were sent for examination.

The suspect faces 15 years in prison if found guilty of raping his baby daughter.