First Person Video (18+): Ordinary Russian Soldier Eliminates Elite NATO-Trained Servicemen In Hand-To-Hand Combat

Source: The Intel Drop January 3, 2025

The video below recently circulated online in Russian Telegram channels. It shows a combat standoff between an ordinary Russian soldier and an ‘elite NATO-trained serviceman’ of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF), loaded up with fancy weapons and equipment.

The following first person video was filmed in fall 2024 by a member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during an attempt to recapture Trudovoe village from troops of the 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Vostok (East) Group of Forces of the Russian Armed Forces.

The video shows how the NATO-trained elite soldier controls the entrance to the courtyard. He then retreats before an FPV drone of the UAF strikes the supposed position of the Russian soldier.

After the strike, the UAF service member returns and enters the courtyard. At this very moment, a fire contact starts at a super-close range. Later, it turns into hand-to-hand combat in which the Russian soldier eliminates the UAF service member.

The Russian soldier filmed in the video is from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Far Eastern federal district of the Russian Federation.

WARNING! GRAPHIC VIDEO, VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED

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