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A camera caught the huge blast as cars waited in traffic along a road in Kiev in Ukraine.

In the CCTV footage all seems quiet in the city street

But suddenly one of the cars erupts in flames as debris is thrown into the sky and across the street.

Stunned onlookers get out of their cars and try to help as the wreckage of the vehicle lies in front of them.

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It is believed the driver of the car was Timur Makhauri – also known as Ali Timaev – who was killed in the blast.

A woman was also in the car, and had her leg torn off, as well as a child according to local media reports.

There are unconfirmed reports the woman was called Natalia and had previosuly modelled for Dior.

Makhauri was reportedly a Georgian citizen who was born in Chechnya who fought against Vladimir Putin’s regime in the disputed territory.

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“He was hunted for a long time by the Russian special services,” a Ukranian Security Services spokesman said.

A representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs claimed he had previously been brought to justice in Ukraine on charges of illegal possession of weapons.

According to him, Makhauri had connections with “criminal Chechen circles”.

Local police are now investigating the explosion.