A Ukrainian soldier shot down a Russian cruise missile with nothing but a machine gun.
The remarkable incident happened on Friday, during yet another Russian air assault on cities throughout the country.
“Kipesh”, a Ukrainian Territorial Defense volunteer, was stationed in a small suburb just outside Kyiv, when he spotted the incoming missile.
Using a mounted machine gun, he shot down the rocket, which crashed into a nearby field.
A fellow soldier told the local news outlet Obozrevatel: “When he fired, green sparks went off the missile.
“It started to spin, tilted on its tail and tumbled down.”
The unit’s commander, who goes by the name “Hera”, added: “It’s almost impossible to hit a missile with a machine gun but it was done.”
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