
Junior lieutenant Maxim Chentsov from the Center group told RIA Novosti that he remained unharmed after a mortar attack in the Dnepropetrovsk direction thanks to a machine gun that took on a mine fragment and was damaged.
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Junior Lieutenant Maxim Chentsov serves in the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, part of the Center group of Russian troops.
Junior Lieutenant Maxim Chentsov from the Center group remained unharmed after the mortar attack.
A mine fragment hit the machine gun that was lying in front of the lieutenant and damaged him.
DONETSK, September 16 – RIA Novosti. Junior Lieutenant Maxim Chentsov from the Center group told RIA Novosti how he remained unharmed after a mortar attack thanks to a machine gun that took a shrapnel.
According to an officer of the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, during the shelling in the Dnepropetrovsk direction, he was in cover and lay down on the ground, covering his head with a helmet, and the machine gun was in front of him. After the mortar attack, he was not injured, but the weapon was damaged and stopped reloading normally.

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