DPR Deputy Information Minister Daniil Bezsonov posted a video on his Telegram channel, where a Russian soldier, allegedly injured during the fighting in Ukraine, blew himself up to avoid being caught by the Armed Forces army. Ukraine
In the footage Bezsonov released, it is seen how an explosive was thrown into a trench where a Russian soldier was stationed. At the same time, according to the video recording, the Russian soldier was wounded, could not get out of the trench and blew himself up when he saw the approach of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“The warrior made a very difficult and powerful choice,” wrote an official from the DNR.
Telegram channels distributing the video claim that the footage was taken from a UAF drone. There is currently no official confirmation about the incident.
Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, previously the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, during the briefing reportedThat Russian troops managed to liquidate more than 70 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics.