The harrowing clip epitomises the bitter, close-quarter warfare involved in the ongoing battle for the Donbas as Russian troops this morning breached the city of Severodonetsk
Major General Kanamat Botashev, 63 (pictured), was enjoying retirement when Russian tanks rolled across the border on February 24 and had not flown since 2012.
Despite the Russian president refocusing efforts from his failed Kyiv offensive to eastern Ukraine, Russia has so far failed to make significant ground in the Donbas, writes JUSTIN BRONK.
The soldier, whose unit is deployed near the eastern front in Kharkiv according to Ukraine s MoD, also explained how he and FSB colleagues beat an old man to death for taking photos of Russian troops