 He 'got behind the wheel of a KAMAZ truck and drove into a convoy of conscripts,' reported media outlet ASTRA. 'One conscript was killed instantly, the other died in hospital. 'Eleven people were taken to a military hospital in the city of Mirny.' Sources of another news outlet 29.RU confirmed that two people had been killed, and that the rest were hospitalised with minor injuries. The incident took place at a training ground belonging to Military Unit 13973, located in a closed area. The incident was in Arkhangelsk region close to the military spaceport Plesetsk ( 29.ru) 'Military investigators are already working on the case,' reported BAZA. Plesetsk is regularly used for key launches. Putin on Thursday oversaw a YARS launch in a nuclear exercise designed to respond to a Western attack on Russia. Russian state TV said the Putin drills were aimed at targeting the UK and US. On October 15, an Angara-1.2 carrier rocket with a spacecraft was launched from the cosmodrome. On October 15, an Angara-1.2 carrier rocket with a sp){kind=link}
The KAMAZ lorry reportedly killed two and injured 11 at a secret military training area near where Vladimir Putin launched YARS missiles in a mock nuclear attack
A military truck reportedly mowed down a group of Russian conscripts close to a cosmodrome used this week by Vladimir Putin to launch YARS missiles in a mock nuclear attack on the West.
The KAMAZ lorry killed two and injured 11 at a secret military training area, it has been claimed.
Reports linked the incident to a deliberate attack funded by an organisation intending to harm the Russian army.
But there was no immediate confirmation of this claim, and Moscow officials refused to comment.