Two dead and five injured by an explosion in Russia

The defence ministry has said that an official and a soldier were killed by an explosion while cleaning up unbroken remains from an area of training.

Another officer and three soldiers have been injured during the blast, and now everyone is receiving medical treatment at the hospital, the ministry reports.

Ministry officials have quoted doctors as saying the injured are out of danger for life.

A separate commission from the district's eastern military has been sent to investigate the event, officials from the ministry say.