Gruesome footage recorded by a Ukrainian infantryman's helmet camera shows the moments immediately following an incident in which their M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle drove over and detonated a Russian anti tank mine.

The troops can be seen struggling to escape the vehicle as dust and smoke fill the troop compartment. The powerful blast damaged the hydraulic system responsible for lowering the back ramp and the manual latches are not cooperating.

Eventually, they are able to open the rear troop door and those that are ambulatory scramble out. They then focus their attention on getting two seriously wounded soldiers out, both with obvious blast trauma to their lower extremities.

The cameraman immediately begins applying tourniquets to one of the wounded soldier's legs. His feet are both avulsed, barely hanging on by horrifically damaged tissue. Once the tourniquets are applied and the massive bleeding has been stopped, the able-bodied soldiers begin carrying their wounded to the rear to link up with friendly units.

A tribute post circulating on pro-Ukrainian social media outlets identified the horribly wounded soldier as Andrii Husak, claiming that he died of his injuries four days later. Husak reportedly also had significant shrapnel injuries to the torso as well as "lung damage" suggesting tension pneumothorax. With severe multi system trauma negatively effecting both blood volume and oxygenation, his body wasn't able to compensate for his injuries and he succumbed to irreversible shock.

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