A Ukrainian soldier calmly pauses to admire nature while under intense fire from ‘angry’ Russian forces.
Roman Trokhymets shot what he thought might be his ‘last words’ for a viral TikTok clip while taking cover as explosions from shells rang out around him in the eastern Donbas region.
The 30-year-old’s service in Ukraine’s stoic resistance against the full-blown Russian invasion is a far cry from his civilian life as a real estate agent and acrobat in his home city of Kyiv.
In the video, entitled ‘thoughts and experiences under fire on the frontline’, he is shown in a tree line whispering and even flashing smiles as the rounds whistle in close by.
He looks around to remind himself of the land he is risking his life to protect and tells how the Russians are ‘angry’ and seeking revenge for a daring mission where he ‘destroyed many orcs and their vehicles’.