Terrifying moment Russian gas pipeline EXPLODES in huge fireball blast amid series of ‘Ukrainian strikes’ on Putin energy facilities [Video]

A major explosion hit a key Russian gas pipeline for the second time in ten months.

Footage caught the huge fireball from the blast on the Yamburg-Yelets 1 main supply pipe.

The glow from the inferno and smoke column were visible for several miles.

The cause of the explosion is being urgently investigated and comes amid a series of sabotage strikes on key Russian energy facilities linked to the war in Ukraine.

Kyiv rarely claims responsibility for such strikes.

The powerful inferno was near the village of Lykhma in the Khanty-Mansi region of Siberia, 300 miles north of capital Khanty-Mansiysk.

The pipeline supplies …