Video released recently by members of the Russian Legion, a group of Russians who have chosen to fight for Ukraine, shows one of their troops being wounded in a gun fight with LPR forces.

Here's the full statement from the Russian Legion, who published this video.

We publish a video of the battle, filmed on the outskirts of a city in the Luhansk region. This is how a real battle looks like in real conditions, and not the “performance” that Kadyrov’s Tiktoker troops show everyone.

It is also the answer to your questions why we never publish fight videos. The real battle is different from what is shown, it is not so colorful and, as you can see, there are losses in it. Unfortunately, our colleague who filmed this fight was wounded.

We promise that if we manage to film the dynamics of the battle, we will publish it, but we ask you not to require us to do this without fail. Words with call signs are hidden on the video.

Our cause is right! Putin will be destroyed! Victory will be ours!