THIS is the heart-pounding moment a brave Ukrainian soldier continued firing at Russian targets even after being shot by the enemies.
Bold footage shows bullets hitting the soldier’s helmet, elbow and backpack, but he survives and keeps fighting the Russians at the frontline.
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The clip, shot on a fellow soldier’s GoPro, shows the warrior blasting his assault rifle after surviving what could have been a fatal shot to his head.
Within moments, the Ukrainian duo is hit by an enemy grenade which blasts near one of the soldier’s hands.
But the resilient fighter does not give up.
Instead, he ducks for cover, quickly gets up and starts shooting again.
Reports suggest the soldier got seriously injured in the attack but survived and is now recovering.
It comes after Ukraine allegedly used long-range US ATACMS to strike a major military city in Russia.
The deadly strikes hit Taganrog, in the Rostov region, resulting in 10 deafening explosions and bright flashes seen from afar.
Vladimir Putin’s “Flying Kremlin” doomsday plane was also reportedly hit in the blitz.
Initial reports said there were two possible targets in the bold attack.
One is the Beriev Aircraft Company – which maintains some of Vladimir Putin’s most sensitive planes.
This includes the dictator’s Flying Kremlin Doomsday Ilyushin Il-80 Maxdome plane which would be put to work in nuclear war.
The plant also equips Russia’s A-50 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) spy planes – two of which have been downed in the war at a cost of £260 million each.
The other potential target is the Krasny Hydropress plant, which makes key missile elements and is part of Russia’s Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation.
A large number of fire trucks were reported heading to the plant and at least 10 explosions were heard by locals.
While the scale of the damage is currently unclear, 14 cars parked at the facility – also known as the Beriev Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex – were set ablaze.
Some Russian sources said Ukraine had used its new domestically made Palyanitsa drone missiles to attack Taganrog, but this was unconfirmed.
Other reports said US-supplied ATACMS missiles were used.
Taganrog mayor Svetlana Kambulova said: “The damaged area has been cordoned off by police officers.
“A survey of the territory within a radius of 1 kilometre will be conducted.”
Meanwhile, footage showed Putin’s gas rigs in the Black Sea bursting into flames after being hammered by Ukrainian sea drones.
Ukrainian forces struck the platforms in daring night raids using unmanned craft as they sought to dominate the ocean and defend against Russia.
It comes as Russia is set to deploy Oreshnik hypersonic missiles capable of carrying nukes at Nato’s doorstep.
Putin and pal Alexander Lukashenko today signed a security agreement that finalises the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear arms in Belarus – Moscow’s closest ally.
Putin unveiled the nuclear-capable weapon last month after using it to strike the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine, sharply escalating tensions in the almost three-year-long conflict.
The dictator revealed he blasted Ukraine with a new kind of ballistic missile that hurtled down from the edge of space in a “depraved” act of nuclear brinkmanship.
It was a direct response to Ukraine’s use of US-made ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles.
As the two sides fire missiles and drones at each other discussions around peace have begun to thrash out what an end to the war could look like.
Ukrainian officials have held high-level talks with US President-elect Donald Trump’s team
Zelensky recently said Ukraine could agree to a cease-fire if Ukraine were permitted to join Nato.
How will Donald Trump end Ukraine War?
BRITISH troops could be deployed to Ukraine to enforce an 800-mile buffer zone as part of Donald Trump’s plan to end the conflict.
Details of the President-Elect’s plan to end the war emerged after a call with Ukrainian President Zelensky following his victory.
His potential plan sees a demilitarised zone down the locked front line as well as Kyiv agreeing not to join NATO for 20 years.
In exchange, the US would continue to arm Ukraine to the teeth to prevent Putin from invading again.
A member of the Trump team told the Wall Street Journal: “We can do training and other support but the barrel of the gun is going to be European.
“We are not sending American men and women to uphold peace in Ukraine. And we are not paying for it. Get the Poles, Germans, British and French to do it.”
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