Soldier appears to be hit by drone strike whilst relieving himself in Kherson
Shocking new video has emerged that shows a Russian soldier hit by a Ukrainian kamikaze drone while he was relieving himself near the frontlines.
The unfortunate soldier is caught with his pants down squatting near an armoured vehicle as the drone approaches.
First-person view footage from the drone shows it approaching the Russian before the shot switches to the soldier squatting behind the vehicle.
The soldier notices the incoming drone and tries to flee – pulling up his pants and running but he is too late and is engulfed in an explosion. It’s impossible to tell from the unverified video if the Russian soldier survived or was injured.
Ukraine and Russia have increasingly been using first-person-view drones to target each other’s forces on the frontlines to devastating effect.
Away from the frontlines, Russia has regularly targeted Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure with Iranian-made suicide drones.
Ukraine has responded in kind with several strikes inside Russia including in the capital of Moscow.
The news comes as Russia continues to launch assaults in eastern Ukraine around the destroyed settlement of Andriivka near Bakhmut.
On November 21, Russian forces advanced in both areas, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Both sides continue to mount attacks despite the snowy and rainy weather impeding movement, the think-tank added.
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The ISW added that it “continues to assess that freezing weather conditions during the winter will likely prompt the resumption of more active combat operations in Ukraine, and ongoing rainy weather is unlikely to halt Ukrainian or Russian attacks.”
The fighting continues amid comments by Vladimir Putin that seemed to suggest Russia would be open to conducting peace talks with Ukraine.
Kyiv has, however, said that Ukraine would not give up any occupied territory to Russia including Crimea, likely to be a sticking point on both sides. Ukraine’s NATO allies have signalled their willingness to continue to supply Kyiv until its war goals were met.
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