Russian gunner becomes a human bomb after Ukrainian explosives get stuck near his heart

Junior Sergeant Nikolay Pasenko survived but said he feared for medics as ammunition housed inside him could have exploded during the attack. operation to save him

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Russia: A surgeon wears a bulletproof vest to remove unexploded ordnance from a soldier

Surgeons put on a bulletproof vest for a very dangerous operation to save the life of a Russian soldier who became a "human bomb".

Junior Sergeant Nikolay Pasenko, 41, had been hit by a Ukrainian attack, and unexploded ordnance from an automatic grenade launcher was embedded in him, below his heart.

Ammunition shattered his ribs, damaged a lung, and lodged near his spine, between the aorta and the inferior vena cava; the largest vein in the body.

The deadly explosive appeared on x-rays and the shooter was initially reluctant to operate.

Junior Sergeant Nikolay Pasenko spoke about his traumatic experience (

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Nikolay Pasenko/east2west news)

The 41-year-old soldier had to be rescued after becoming a "human bomb" (

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Nikolay Pasenko/east2west news)

"I was against it. I didn't want the doctors to suffer because the ammunition could have exploded," Pasenko said.

But the medics donned body armor, and the chief military surgeon, Lt. Col. Dmitry Kim, ignored the soldier's warning that he might explode on the operating table.

"Then we'll explode together," the doctor replied...