By: Steve Dellar | 09-19-2017 | News
Photo credit: Russia Defense Ministry

Video: Russian War Games Go Wrong - Helicopter Fires On Bystanders

Russia’s Zapad 2017 is in full gear. As we’ve told you a few days ago, Russia is holding military war games to show NATO it can still put up a show.

The scenario of Zapad, an exercise where Russia is joined by the armed forces of its sympathetic neighbor Belarus, sees a region of Belarus declare independence and attempt to turn against Russia, and of course in this scenario written by the Russian defense writers, the Belarussian region is helped by Nato countries.

As these are the biggest exercises the Russians have held in five years almost, they are inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, so you know that his army is keen to show itself fully. These major exercises on NATO’s eastern front cause worry for European armies, but all they can do now is look on.

We told you about this earlier:

https://www.thegoldwater.com/news/8033-Russian-Troop-Buildup-At-Europe-s-Border-Causes-Worry

However there seems to have been a little mistake today (and this just when President Vladimir Putin came to watch. During a training exercise in western Russia, a military helicopter fired rockets at a group of parked vehicles and accidently shot a group of bystanders, knocking at least one of them to the ground

A man in civilian clothes standing close to the truck is engulfed in dust

<iframe width="537" height="302" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cod_Mt3lEZk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Russian website Fontana.ru posted the incident today, but by now their website seems to have been taken offline, clearly embarrassing the Russian leadership.

Fontana told its users the incident occurred on September 18th and that it left one person with a concussion.

It did not provide details on the source of the video.

The Interfax Russian Defense Ministry’s press agency did admit that during a training exercise a helicopter’s targeting system did indeed acquire a target by mistake, but they of course denied any injury.

“As a result of a strike by an unguided rocket, a cargo vehicle with no people on board was damaged”.

Source:

http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/1.813156

Share this article
Thoughts on the above story? Comment below!
3 Comment/s
Anonymous No. 8329 2017-09-19 : 18:41

>le evil russia

are you guys completely retarded?

nobody died, just some cuck had the brilliant idea to get too close to fucking military exercises.

this thing didn't even happen during zapad, stop spreading bullshit.

Anonymous No. 8333 2017-09-19 : 19:02

The Moscow Times is the orignal carrier of the story buddy. Complain to them.

You are right, that guy is an idiot though.

Heath No. 100368 2025-05-23 : 04:11

Please let me know if you're looking for a author for your site.
You have some really good posts and I believe I would be
a good asset. If you ever want to take some of the load off,
I'd really like to write some material for your blog in exchange for a link back
to mine. Please blast me an email if interested. Cheers!

casino en ligne
With havin so much content and articles do you ever run into any problems of plagorism or copyright infringement?
My blog has a lot of completely unique content I've either created myself
or outsourced but it looks like a lot of it is popping it up all over the web without my permission. Do you know any ways to help reduce
content from being stolen? I'd definitely appreciate
it.
casino en ligne
When someone writes an post he/she retains the idea of a user in his/her mind that how a user can understand it.
Therefore that's why this paragraph is perfect.
Thanks!
casino en ligne
Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I've
truly enjoyed browsing your weblog posts. After all I'll be subscribing on your rss feed and I am hoping you write once
more soon!
casino en ligne
Awesome article.
casino en ligne
Hmm it seems like your blog ate my first comment (it was super long) so I guess I'll just
sum it up what I wrote and say, I'm thoroughly enjoying your blog.
I as well am an aspiring blog blogger but I'm still new to the whole thing.
Do you have any tips for novice blog writers? I'd genuinely
appreciate it.
casino en ligne
Today, while I was at work, my cousin stole my iphone and tested to see if it
can survive a 40 foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation.
My iPad is now destroyed and she has 83 views.

I know this is entirely off topic but I had to share it with someone!

casino en ligne
At this moment I am going to do my breakfast, after having my breakfast
coming yet again to read other news.
casino en ligne
I savour, cause I found just what I was taking a look for.
You have ended my four day lengthy hunt! God Bless you
man. Have a great day. Bye
casino en ligne
you're in reality a excellent webmaster. The web site loading velocity is amazing.
It sort of feels that you're doing any distinctive trick.
Moreover, The contents are masterpiece. you've performed a wonderful activity in this matter!

casino en ligne

What do you think about this article?
Name
Comment *
Image

Recent News

Popular Stories