A Ukrainian soldier had a miracle escape when he was shot by his helmet however miraculously survived.
In surprising footage posted to social media, a bullet gap on the entrance of the soldier’s helmet might be seen earlier than he turns round and reveals the place the bullet got here out the opposite aspect.
The soldier seems to be visibly shocked and takes off the helmet to point out what seems to be like a gash on the highest of his head.
Within the clip, the bullet seems to have gone by each the laborious and gentle layers of the Ukrainian’s helmet, forcing out the inside materials.
Within the footage, the bullet seems to have gone by each the laborious and gentle layers of the Ukrainian’s helmet, forcing out the inside materials
The soldier had a miracle escape when he was shot by his helmet however miraculously survived
Wreckage might be seen within the background of the video – which is supposedly of Ukrainian troopers.
The video was posted on Reddit yesterday with the caption: ‘A detailed name for this Ukrainian fighter.
‘A bullet seems to have gone by his helmet however missed his head.’
Individuals have been fast to remark their shock on the video, with one commenting: ‘Rattling son! You have obtained an angel in your shoulder for certain.’
One other wrote: ‘Wow that is loopy. Appears to be like like he obtained some wounding to his head from fragments. Luckiest man in Ukraine in the present day. Blissful New Yr.’
Some individuals questioned the standard of the helmet for the bullet to cross by it, with one individual asking ‘What good are the helmets?’.
The soldier seems to be visibly shocked and takes off the helmet to point out what seems to be like a gash on the highest of his head
Wreckage might be seen within the background of the video – which is supposedly of Ukrainian troopers
The video was posted on Reddit yesterday with the caption: ‘A detailed name for this Ukrainian fighter’
Nonetheless helmets utilized by troopers are reportedly not typically designed to cease bullets however extra to guard from particles and shrapnel.
The clip comes as ‘a whole bunch of Russian troops’ have been killed in a Ukrainian HIMARS strike on a barracks in Makiivka, within the japanese Donbas area, on the precise second Vladimir Putin was delivering his televised New Yr tackle.
Russian commanders have been amongst these killed within the assault, which occurred minutes earlier than midnight on December 31, experiences say.
It was initially inconceivable to confirm the claims however it’s clear from each side that the Russian president has suffered a grievous blow, and is the newest in a rising checklist of embarrassments suffered by Moscow’s armies because the begin of the invasion on February 24.
