Astonishing photos show Ukrainian military doctors removing an unexploded grenade from a soldier’s chest. Surgeons remove the unexploded grenades from the Ukrainian soldier’s chests. The images were posted on the Ukraine Armed Forces general staff Facebook page.
“Our military doctors conducted an operation to remove a VOG grenade, which did not break, from the body of a soldier,” the post read. “One of the most experienced surgeons of the Armed Forces, Major General Andrii Verba, operated without electrocoagulation, as the grenade could detonate at any time.”
Electrocoagulation involves using an electric current to help control bleeding during surgical operations. “The operational intervention was successful and the injured soldier was sent to further rehabilitation and recovery,” the post said.
Two sappers were on hand to handle the live grenade after it was removed from the soldier’s chest, according to Ukraine’s armed forces. X-rays shared by the defense chief showed the apparent grenade which appeared to be an explosive round that would have been fired from a grenade launder.
Another image showed a doctor holding up the metallic shell in his bloodied gloves. The Armed Forces of Ukraine tweeted that “everything went well the wounded man has already been sent for rehabilitation and recovery.”
