Russian soldier hits artillery shell with axe, triggers explosion — video / The New Voice of Ukraine

In a baffling incident, a Russian soldier lost his hand when trying to disassemble an artillery round with an axe, as seen in a video circulating on social media on July 19.

Joined by two fellow soldiers, the man was dismantling the ordnance using makeshift tools: a chisel and an axe.

While it’s not obvious as to why the shell was getting disassembled, such blatant disregard for basic safety protocols led to a detonation.

As a result, the soldier lost his hand, while his comrades sustained shrapnel injuries and scattered in different directions, abandoning their injured friend.