A video posted on Telegram channel RVvoenkor shows two Russian attackers escaping deaths during the conflict with Ukraine thanks to the appearance of a pig.
According to RT, in the drone image, the two soldiers were heading towards a destroyed building when the pig ran over and detonated a mines, killing them right in front of them. Thanks to that, both immediately changed direction, following the remaining part of the nearby fence to continue the mission. The canal posted that the fate of the animal after the explosion was unknown and did not mention the time or location of filming.
The information in the video appears in the context of Russian forces opening attacks along the front line. The Russian Defense Ministry said the country's military is advancing in many areas, including the fighting sites around Kupyansk in the Kharkov region and Krasnoarmeysk, which is now known to Ukraine as Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region now controlled by Russia.
The ministry also announced that the Eastern military group has taken full control of the Yablokovo settlement in the Zaporizhzhia region, marking the ninth location taken over by the force in the month.