Hapless Russian soldier gets stuck on a sign at military event attended by Putin
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Hapless Russian soldier gets stuck on a sign at military event attended by Putin
This is the moment a hapless Russian soldier got stuck on a sign during a military event attended by Vladimir Putin today.
The paratrooper, also called Vladimir, ended up marooned on the sign and dangling several feet in the air after he lost control of his parachute, which bore the colours of the Russian flag.
He was eventually hauled off the sign in Tyumen, southern Russia, and treated by doctors for superficial cuts to his chest and knees.
The jumper, 56, was marking Defender of the Fatherland Day, which was kicked off by Putin praising his country's troops which are poised along the Ukrainian border ahead of a possible invasion.
He was aiming to land by the so-called Bridge of Lovers, a pedestrian crossing over the frozen Tura River in Tyumen.
He had jumped with others from an Mi-8 AMT helicopter as the climax of the Fatherland Day celebration in the oil-rich Siberian city.
But in the high winds, he came down fast towards the frozen river and his chute got entangled with a sign as thousands of people on the ground watched on.
He clung onto a metal fence on the river embankment as rescuers hauled him to safety.
'He hit his face on the railing, and suffered abrasions,' said Vladimir Viktorovich, head of his parachute team. 'There are no further injuries, doctors checked him.'
The parachutist said: 'Everything is fine with me, no need to worry. Such a landing occurred due to weather conditions,'
He sustained chest and knee injuries.
This is the moment a hapless Russian soldier got stuck on a sign during a military event attended by Vladimir Putin today.
The paratrooper, also called Vladimir, ended up marooned on the sign and dangling several feet in the air after he lost control of his parachute, which bore the colours of the Russian flag.
He was eventually hauled off the sign in Tyumen, southern Russia, and treated by doctors for superficial cuts to his chest and knees.
The jumper, 56, was marking Defender of the Fatherland Day, which was kicked off by Putin praising his country's troops which are poised along the Ukrainian border ahead of a possible invasion.
He was aiming to land by the so-called Bridge of Lovers, a pedestrian crossing over the frozen Tura River in Tyumen.
He had jumped with others from an Mi-8 AMT helicopter as the climax of the Fatherland Day celebration in the oil-rich Siberian city.
But in the high winds, he came down fast towards the frozen river and his chute got entangled with a sign as thousands of people on the ground watched on.
He clung onto a metal fence on the river embankment as rescuers hauled him to safety.
'He hit his face on the railing, and suffered abrasions,' said Vladimir Viktorovich, head of his parachute team. 'There are no further injuries, doctors checked him.'
The parachutist said: 'Everything is fine with me, no need to worry. Such a landing occurred due to weather conditions,'
He sustained chest and knee injuries.