UKRAINKA, RUSSIA — Two pilots were reportedly killed in an explosion as their plane was taking off from a Russian military base.

In a video posted to local Russian news site ACH 24 on Jan. 21, a Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bomber is seen bursting into a giant ball of fire during take off from a runway in Urainka, eastern Russia.

ACH 24 told Storyful that the person who submitted the video wanted to remain anonymous.

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