A intrepid Ukrainian man evacuated a arrive mine from a bridge with his uncovered hands whereas casually puffing on a cigarette, startling video appears.
The viral footage seen millions of times since surfacing online Sunday appears the unidentified daredevil springing into activity within the southern harbour city of Berdyansk rather than holding up for Ukrainian bomb transfer units.
One 38-moment clip appears the bold man, clad in pants and a dark coat with a cigarette unstably hanging from his lip, holding the landmine with two hands after clearly finding it in a roadway.
He at that point strolls the gadget — which did not detonate within the video — into a adjacent timberland as an spectator records his dazzling bravery.
The man’s bravery within the confront of Russia’s intrusion quickly took off on social media, with a few lauding him as an supreme “badass.”
“Ukrainian men are picking up Arrive MINES with their uncovered hands whereas smoking cigarettes and strolling them to security,” one tweet perused. “American men are picking up cigarettes and joining truck escorts since veils are truly irritating.”
“You may think you’re extreme, but are you a Ukrainian citizen expelling a arrive mine whereas smoking a shoot extreme?” another tweet perused.
A few online recognized the gadget as a TM-62 arrive mine purportedly planted beneath a adjacent bridge by Russian strengths. Others claimed the footage is another illustration of extraordinary bravery by ordinary citizens — days after another Ukrainian man frantically attempted to piece a Russian military escort by venturing before a speeding truck.
Ukrainian man casually got freed of an against-tank mine with his uncovered hands - whereas puffing on a cigarette.
The video appears the man holding the mine with two hands after clearly finding it in a roadway.
“You cannot vanquish these individuals, go domestic Russia,” another tweet studied.
The clip moreover awed Texas Rep. Quality Wu, a Democrat from southwest Houston.
“Usually why the Ukrainians will win: Ukrainian see hostile to-tank mine,” Wu tweeted. “Ukrainian picks up hostile to-tank mine. Ukrainian moves hostile to-tank mine barehanded. Ukrainian does it whereas smoking.”