365new gathered that A live grenade that had become stuck in a soldier was successfully removed by a group of Russian surgeons.
The soldier, Nikolay Pasenko, was hit by a grenade that broke through his rib cage, remained lodged inside of him, but failed to detonate, turning him into a “human bomb” while fighting in Ukraine.
The medical crew reportedly wore body armor because they were aware that a grenade could detonate during the procedure with disastrous results given how close it was.
Pasenko initially resisted surgery saying, “He did not want the doctors to suffer as the munitions could have exploded.”
“The ammunition was located between the aorta and the inferior vena cava, It’s not every day that you take an [explosive] out of a person, and in a place where moving to the right or left can lead to the death of the patient. When the ammunition ended up in a bucket of sand, everyone exhaled, smiled and laughed,” one of the surgeon was reported to have said.
Speaking after the surgery, Pasenko said, “I did not understand what happened.
There was a blow to the edge of the armour and that was it. I did not lose consciousness – I just continued to move.”
Pasenko, who is a junior sergeant, was hit by a Ukranian projectile fired from an automatic grenade launcher.
Russia’s Defence Ministry confirmed the incident on Thursday.
