Russian soldier thrown through air as Soviet-era helicopter gun spins out of control
President Donald Trump says he believes in Russian President Vladimir Putin Moscow is ready to reach a deal to end the war in Ukraine, even as it warned on Wednesday that Western troops deployed to implement a possible peace deal would become Russia’s military targets.
“I said, ‘Vladimir, it’s time to stop. this war will endTrump told Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst in an interview published Tuesday.
Trump said he believed Putin was “ready to make a deal” to end the conflict.
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Meanwhile, Clashes continued across Ukraine and Russian-occupied territory.
Drone war intensifies It has forced both militaries to seek additional ways to thwart drones, sometimes using weapons designed decades before the advent of modern drones.
In a video provided by East2West, a Russian soldier is seen losing control of a Soviet-era YakB-12.7 rotary machine gun mounted on an improvised ground platform.
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The gun begins to rotate violently, the soldier drags it around and throws it several meters away from its mounting location. Another soldier ducks as the gun swings toward him.
East2West reported that no one was injured, but Fox News Digital has not independently confirmed the location, date or circumstances of the footage.
The four-barreled machine gun was first developed for use on the Soviet-designed Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter. Russian forces are reportedly trying to reuse such weapons as ground-based defense against Ukrainian drones, East2West reports.
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On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said any multinational force deployed by Ukraine’s allies after the ceasefire would be unacceptable to Moscow.
“We will consider such units as legitimate military targets,” Zakharova said, according to a Reuters report published on Wednesday.
Members of the Western “coalition of the willing” reaffirmed at a meeting in Paris this week that they plan to deploy a military force. multinational force after hostilities last. The proposed force would seek to reassure Ukraine and help Kiev rebuild its military.
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Ukraine’s military said on Wednesday that its forces had hit the Balaklava thermal power plant in Russian-occupied Crimea, which provides nearly half of the peninsula’s electricity production, according to Reuters.
Meanwhile, Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, killing three people, regional Governor Oleh Kiper said. He said civilian, industrial and port infrastructure were targeted during Russian attacks for five consecutive days.
Emergency service personnel work to extinguish a vehicle fire following a Russian drone strike in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 5, 2026.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy He also said Wednesday that Ukraine expects to develop the technical capacity to produce missiles for U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems by the end of 2026.
Reuters contributed to this story.
Original article source: WATCH: Russian soldier thrown into the air as Soviet-era helicopter gunfire goes out of control
