Video footage shows the ammunition being gently removed from a Ukrainian soldier
A video has captured the incredible moment a cardiac surgeon in Ukraine removed a bullet from the beating heart of a wounded soldier.
The footage shows a close-up of the patient’s pulsating heart as Dr Boris Mikhailovich Todurov uses tools to gently extract the 7.62mm bullet.
The video, shared by Ukrainian news site Censor.NET, was shot at The Heart Institute in Kiev and published on messaging service Telegram.
It notes that the soldier survived the operation and is recovering, adding: ‘Congratulations to the team of professionals of the Heart Institute and its head – Boris Mikhailovich Todurov.’
Last April, similar footage of medics removing a bullet from a beating Ukrainian soldier’s heart was also shared online.
A video shows doctors at Feofaniya Hospital in Kyiv make careful incisions before pulling out the round.
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Surgeon Boris Todorov holds the 7.62mm bullet from the heart of a Ukrainian
The bullet just after its been removed
Despite the major procedure, the soldier was up on his feet and smiling not long after, apparently eager to get back to the battlefield as soon as he could.
Whether he’d be quite as keen now is questionable, with the war against Russia dragging on into its second winter and the Ukrainian frontline becoming more merciless.
Videos circulating on social media show the brutal conditions endured by Ukrainian soldiers manoeuvring trench systems as they fight to stave off relentless artillery fire.
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Layers of ice and snow coat the muddy ground, making movement on foot agonising and hampering the already dwindling morale amongst Zelensky’s troops.
Spirits aren’t exactly flying high on the Russian frontline either, where rat-bite fever has broken out amongst troops.
Soldiers on the north-eastern Kupyansk front, near the border with Russia, have reported symptoms of the disease, ranging from ‘vomiting and bleeding eyes’.
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