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Moment Ukrainian soldiers ‘avoid death because Russian rocket doesn’t detonate’
Jordan King
4-5-2023 4:30 p.m. DST
https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/05/ukrainian-soldiers-avoid-death-after-russian-rocket-doesnt-detonate-18564777/

Footage has emerged claiming to show the moment Ukrainian soldiers narrowly avoid death after a Russian rocket fails to detonate.

VIDEO: https://metro.co.uk/video/lucky-ukrainian-soldiers-dodge-faulty-russian-missile-2913135/?ito=vjs-link
The weapon can be seen flying from the sky within the first two seconds of the clip.

It lands somewhere out of view as the person holding the camera seems to rush further inside the building they are filming from.

The clip shows other soldiers running to take cover but the whole situation ends up coming to a bit of an anticlimax when the rocket does not explode.
The video was posted by US-based Twitter account @UKikaski, which claims to be military intelligence source and US Air Force veteran

The footage was captioned: ‘Some very lucky soldiers, possibly from the 81st Air Mobile Brigade, avoid almost certain death or injury after a Russian rocket did not detonate.’

Someone else took the opportunity to tease Moscow and commented: ‘Don’t worry Russian rockets never explode.’

Yesterday, Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu announced that some Belarusian jets are now capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

He also confirmed that a number of Iskander rocket systems had been transferred to Belarus, which could be used to carry conventional or nuclear missiles.

The move is believed to be a response to Finland officially becoming the 31st member of Nato at a ceremony in Brussels on the same day.

Finland and Sweden submitted a joint application to Nato in a direct answer to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Although Sweden are still awaiting approval, Finland’s membership represents a major change in Europe’s security landscape.

The country adopted neutrality after its defeat by the Soviets in the Second World War, but its leaders signaled they wanted to join the alliance just months after Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine sent fear through Moscow’s neighbors.

The move is a strategic and political blow to Mr Putin, who has long complained about Nato’s expansion toward Russia and partly used that as a justification for the invasion. The alliance says it poses no threat to Moscow.
Finland shares an 832 mile land border with Russia- the largest in Europe.