Drone video released by Ukrainian sources captures the moment a Russian Soldier is seen applying a cheaply made tourniquet to his throat in order to hold a pressure dressing in place. While there are some on the internet who are quickly taking this as the Russian being entirely untrained in basic trauma care, he's using the device to hold a bandage in place to stem the bleeding on his throat. This was likely the best and only tool he had to accomplish the objective of holding the bandage in place from his poorly made individual first aid kit.

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