Here, for unknown reasons, ammunition exploded. As a result of the incident, two servicemen were killed.

Another five people were injured. As the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reports, the victims were hospitalized, their lives are no longer threatened.

The department also told that the explosion occurred at the Tsugol training ground during the field cleaning from unexploded ordnance.

The dead and injured are officers and contract servicemen, "the Russian Defense Ministry noted..

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, September 7, 2107, an explosion at the testing site occurred in the Leningrad region during the scheduled military training firing. Then, as a result of the explosion, one military man was killed on the test site, another five were wounded. It was reported that near the shelter, in which there were six Russian military, exploded a shell released from the tank.