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THIS is the heart-stopping moment a Russian soldier threw his own weapon at a Ukrainian drone to cheat his death.
Dramatic footage shows the fighter’s Kalashnikov machine gun triggering a major blast at an FPV drone aiming to kill him and his comrade.
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East2WestThe Russian pair had been repeatedly shooting at the buzzing flyer loaded with explosives as they were ambushed in the open near the frontline.
They failed to hit the darting drone which gradually came closer to the soldiers.
The Ukrainian remote pilot must have believed he was going for the kill but in desperation – and just one second from death – the Russian trooper threw his weapon at the drone.
This triggered a large explosion, and the soldier fell backwards on the ground.
He did not suffer any serious injuries as he was far away enough from the blast, reports say.
The other cornered fighter also avoided the force of the blast.
“They are both alive,” said one report.
“Throwing a machine gun at an enemy FPV drone saves our fighters from death,” stated another.
The exact location of the incident has not been disclosed.
It comes after a crack Ukrainian sniper took a clean shot to wipe out two Russian soldiers equipped with grenade launchers.
Dramatic Call Of Duty-style footage showed the brave Ukrainian soldier engaging in a duel with enemy troops at the frontlines.
The Ukrainian sniper can be seen aiming at the Russian soldiers who were ready to blitz his position with RPGs.
Within a few seconds, the brave Ukrainian soldier fires two clean shots – instantly taking out both enemies.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has launched over 140 drones into Russia hitting Moscow in its biggest ever UAV attack on the capital.
The massive barrage struck key airports in the capital and sparked fires in a residential area just 30 miles south of the Kremlin, killing one woman.
Kyiv’s kamikaze drones struck the Ramenskoye district just outside of the city, with dramatic pictures showing wrecked apartment blocks.
Scene footage showed two high-rise buildings in the area that were hit with flats inside set on fire.
Fire burns at a residential building in Ramenskoye near MoscowEast2West
One of the buildings hit in the attack in RamenskoyeEast2West
It was unclear how many drones reached Moscow itself but some 15 were downed around the capital.
At least one of them hit the runway at Zhukovsky Airport, sparking a fire as flights were diverted.
Three of Moscow’s four airports were disrupted for almost seven hours as UAVs swarmed in the skies.
A woman, 46, was killed and three people wounded when an unmanned aircraft hit an apartment building in Ramenskoye.
Emergency workers were later seen carrying her body out of the blitzed residential tower.
Dozens of homes were destroyed in what is believed to be the biggest drone attack on Vladimir Putin‘s capital to date.
Ukraine also hit other Russian regions in the widespread attack, including Bryansk, Lipetsk, Tula, Kaluga and Kursk.
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SINCE Zelensky’s men advanced into enemy territory on August 6, Russia has been making a desperate effort to retake the upper hand in Ukraine.
Kyiv now claims to control over 500 square miles of Putin’s territory in Russia’s worst defeat on home soil since World War Two.
President Zelensky said the blitz was part of a master plan to help end the war.
It served a humiliating blow to Putin’s efforts – as the so-called “special operation” he said would last just weeks in early 2022 approaches the three-year mark.
Footage has revealed the true extent of Ukraine’s success in Kursk with hordes of Russian soldiers surrendering and being taken as prisoners of war.
Raging Putin hit back with indiscriminate air attacks on Ukrainian cities as he licks his wounds from the crushing defeat.
Just days ago two Russian ballistic missiles were launched at a military academy and hospital inside Ukraine.
At least 51 people were killed and 271 were injured in what has been described as one of the deadliest attacks since the start of the war.
Russian Islander missiles scored a direct hit on a parade ground and canteen as electronic warfare trainees gathered in Poltava in northeastern Ukraine.
Dozens of military recruits scrambled for cover after being alerted by sirens but were blown up in the blast before they could reach for safety.
The attack was aimed at cadets from specialist military unit A3990 at the Institute of Communications but also damaged a nearby hospital.
Meanwhile, Putin once again has floated peace talks with Ukraine.
He said he was “ready to negotiate” and was willing to revisit a failed deal from mediated talks between Kyiv and Moscow in Istanbul early on in the war.
And this comes just weeks after Ukrainian soldiers burst into Russia.
Speaking at the 2024 Eastern Economic Forum on September 5, he said: “Are we ready to negotiate with them?
“We have never refused to do so, but not based on some ephemeral demands, but based on those documents that were agreed and initiated in Istanbul.”
A preliminary agreement between Russia and Ukraine was reached in the Turkish city not long after the war began but was never implemented.
The terms of the deal were never made public.
Ageing Putin, 71, said China, India and Brazil could act as mediators in potential new peace talks.
He later added: “If there is a desire of Ukraine to carry on with the negotiations, I can do that.”
Putin has previously floated peace talks – but has always insisted that Russia would take, or get to keep occupied Ukrainian territory.
Kyiv has previously said it will not directly engage with Russia during any negotiations to end the war and has been steadfast in not giving up any of its territory.
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