Death and honour: Bodycam footage shows KNIFE fight between troops… before incredible moment Ukrainian and his Russian killer pay their respects to each other as soldier lays dying
This is the incredible moment a wounded Ukrainian soldier and his Russian enemy emotionally respected each other as the fighter breathed his last after being cut down by Putin’s soldier in a knife fight.
Disturbing bodycam footage filmed from the Ukrainian fighter’s helmet shows the two men opening fire on each other near the ruins of a destroyed building.
The defending Ukrainian soldier manages to reach his opponent and is seen grabbing the barrel of the Russian’s automatic rifle, sparking a struggle that results in the Putin fighter pulling out his knife and viciously cutting his rival in the thigh .
The two fighters can be heard hurling insults at each other, with the Ukrainian warrior angrily telling his enemy: ‘You came to [invade] my homeland’.
The already violent scenes become even worse when the Russian soldier wins the bloody knife fight while the Ukrainian fighter falls to the ground in defeat after being cut.
The unknown, defeated warrior, losing blood, sends a message to his mother as he breathes his last.
“That’s it, Mom. Goodbye’.
In a moving scene, the Russian soldier then comes to the wounded fighter and kneels next to him.
The astonishing moment a wounded Ukrainian soldier and his Russian enemy exchanged emotional respect as the fighter breathed his last after being cut down by Putin’s soldier in a knife fight was captured on camera
The emotional moment took place after a rare hand-to-hand combat that led to a knife fight between a Ukrainian soldier and a Russian soldier
You see how the Russian soldier briefly puts a hand on his Ukrainian rival and comforts him.
“You cut open my entire body,” the Ukrainian fighter shouts.
You see how the Russian soldier briefly puts a hand on his Ukrainian rival and comforts him.
But as he lies wounded, the Ukrainian begs to let him die alone and greets his Russian enemy with the words: ‘I want to die myself. Thank you. You were the best fighter in the world.
“Goodbye, you were better.”
The Russian fighter named Tuta – also wounded in the fight – retreats and tells him, “Goodbye.”
The Russian’s knife is clearly visible as he retreats, blood on his face.
Not shown, the defeated Ukrainian pulls the pin of his hand grenade in an attempt to kill himself.
The explosion of the hand grenade injured the Ukrainian even more; his hand was blown off, but he was still alive.
But as he lies wounded, the Ukrainian begs to let him die alone and greets his Russian enemy with the words: ‘I want to die myself. Thank you. You were the best fighter in the world.”
The footage is reportedly from Trudove, in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine, believed to have been filmed in the fall but only now released
He then told the Russian to ‘finish me’.
The footage is reportedly from Trudove, in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine, believed to have been filmed in the autumn but only now released.
There have been calls from Russian war channels to distinguish Tuta for his bravery.
The sequence, which started with close-range shooting and quickly turned into a fierce knife fight, is in stark contrast to many scenes of hi-tech war involving deadly hypersonic and precision missiles.