A new video from the front line in Ukraine shows the dramatic moment when a Russian soldier almost blew himself up.

Throwing grenades on the Ukrainian frontPhoto: video shooting

In the video, taken by a camera attached to the soldier’s body, you can see how a soldier in the trenches and caught in the middle of a firefight throws a grenade.

The soldier throws the grenade with his right hand, but the explosive device hits a tree right in front of the soldier. The grenade ricochets and actually returns in the direction from which it was thrown.

But the soldier has a reflex that saves him: he stretches out his hand and hits the grenade like a volley, sending it somewhere further from his position. The soldier then drops to the ground and positions himself to protect himself from the next blast.

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