Horrific clip shows Ukrainian and Russian soldier in knife fight to the death
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Horrifying footage shows the moment two soldiers on Ukraine’s frontline engage in a savage knife fight to the death.
The graphic clip highlights the stark brutality of war, with the high-tech conflict characterised by the use of drones and hypersonic missiles descending into bloody hand-to-hand combat. It ends with a poignant farewell as the mortally wounded Ukrainian soldier pleads: ‘I want to die myself. Thank you. You were the best fighter in the world.
‘Goodbye, you were better.’. The Russian soldier, named Tuta, backs off and parts with a ‘goodbye’ of his own. The footage shows the pair initially exchanging gunfire in the ruins of bombed-out buildings. After the Ukrainian fighter grabs the barrel of the Russian’s rifle, the two men get into a struggle which ends with them grappling on the floor.
The former can be heard angrily saying: ‘You came to [invade] my homeland.’. Realising his fate is sealed, he sends a last message through the camera on his helmet, saying: ‘That’s it, mum. Goodbye.’. He then asks his killer to ‘let me die in peace’, continuing: ‘You cut my whole body open. Let me catch my breath a little. It hurts a lot. Let me go quietly. Don’t touch me [any more], stop.
