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"I was sat down with my legs in this massive crater," he said.

Pictures from the scene showed relatives and neighbours searching the ruins of several destroyed buildings next a large crater.

Several people in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia were injured as 29 homes were destroyed and pictures released by regional officials show a giant crater in the mud, with bricks and wood strewn all around.

It gouged out a 500km crater and pulverised rocks that ejected at incredibly fast speeds to form a cloud that circled around the globe.

A short distance away I can see the rim of the volcano's crater lake, while to the south steam vents and mud pools bubble away.