Footage shows a reported African mercenary fighting for Russia on the Bakhmut front become the unlucky target of an explosive Ukrainian bomb drone.

The merc plays a futile game of cat and mouse with the drone, and desperately arms himself with a stick. Unfortunately for him, his actions are not enough and the drone makes an attack run, detonating in close proximity, showering him with deadly fragmentation.

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