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Incredible footage showed a Ukrainian soldier blast their Russian enemies, who were just a few feet away, with a rocket-propelled grenade and a machine gun.
The shocking clip, which was shot in Bakhmut, captured the moment a Ukrainian troop launched an open-fire attack on Russian soldiers just after finding his own 'Russian trophy'.
The five-minute video started with a single serviceman marching through a deserted field as the burning sun dried out the surrounding land while he headed towards an outhouse.
The video jumped to the inside of the abandoned building, which was filled with fellow Ukrainian fighters, where soldiers spotted a Russian trooper and launched a grenade in their direction.
The footage captured the harrowing sounds of gunshots and explosives as the Ukrainian fighter made his deadly shot and was instructed to 'load another'- he then went on to confirm that his comrade 'definitely killed or wounded someone'.
The shocking clip showed the moment a Ukrainian soldier opened fire on his Russian enemy in Bakhmut
After the team split to avoid being targeted by shelling, the clip jumped to a soldier holding up a machine gun while claiming it was his 'trophy Russian rifle' which was allegedly marked with the flag.
The footage goes on to show a first-person point of view of the fighter as he hid behind a wall and opened fire on his enemy with a machine gun.
The soldier pleaded to himself for his enemy to come out from hiding as he aimed his weapon in their direction.
After a large explosion just a few feet in front of him, the serviceman opened fire and continuously fired his gun until he ran out of bullets.
This footage was released after the pressure mounted Saturday on Ukrainian troops and civilians hunkering down in Bakhmut, as Kyiv's forces tried to help residents flee amid what Western analysts say may be preparations for a Ukrainian withdrawal from the eastern city that Russian forces have spent months trying to capture.
A woman was killed and two men were badly wounded by shelling while trying to cross a makeshift bridge out of Bakhmut on Saturday, according to Ukrainian troops who were assisting them.
A Ukrainian army representative who asked not to be named for operational reasons said it was now too dangerous for civilians to leave the city in Donetsk province by vehicle and that people had to flee on foot instead.
Comrades were able to confirm the solider killed or at least wounded a Russian fighter by the response they received following a launch of a grenade
The clip showed the moment the Ukrainian soldier spotted the Russian trooper just feet away before he threw a grenade in their direction
Bakhmut has for months been a key target of Moscow's grinding eastern offensive, with Russian troops, including large forces from the private Wagner Group, inching ever closer to Kyiv's key eastern stronghold.
A pontoon bridge was set up by Ukrainian soldiers to help the city's few remaining residents reach the nearby village of Khromove. Later, they saw at least five houses on fire as a result of attacks in Khromove.
Ukrainian units over the past 36 hours destroyed two key bridges just outside Bakhmut, including one linking it to the nearby town of Chasiv Yar along the last remaining Ukrainian resupply route, according to U.K. military intelligence officials and other Western analysts.
The U.K. defence ministry said in the latest of its regular Twitter updates that the destruction of the bridges came as Russian fighters made further inroads into Bakhmut's northern suburbs, ratcheting up the pressure on its Ukrainian defenders.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based think tank, assessed late on Friday that Kyiv's actions may point to a looming Ukrainian pullout from parts of the city.
It said Ukrainian troops may 'conduct a limited and controlled withdrawal from particularly difficult sections of eastern Bakhmut,' while seeking to inhibit Russian
