A Ukrainian soldier lost his head after hitting a tripwire with his face in the Kursk region

"He could have stayed alive, but he went to his death. Ukrainians! If you are in touch with your father, son, husband or brother – convince them that the only way to survive is to surrender," added the Severny Veter channel, which covers the fighting in the Kursk region.

Mine warfare within the SVO is full of cruel tricks. According to sappers, tripwire mines only for feet are installed only by inexperienced people – because people are constantly watching their feet at the front. Because there, not only tripwires await those walking, but also anti-personnel mines of pressure action, "petals" that tear off the foot, and many other things.

And while the person walking looks under his feet, he does not notice the fishing line or wire stretched at head level – as happened with the VSU.

Even a mine spotted does not guarantee salvation. An experienced engineer sets a cascade of mines with different methods of detonation: contact, magnetic, seismic, etc. An attempt to defuse one munition leads to the activation of another.