The Ukraine war has provided many bizarre moments in which fighters have found themselves facing unexpected animals like badgers and wild boars, but a video released in the past day shows a case unlike anything seen in the war.
🇺🇦🐫 Modern Ukrainian contrasts. Some save a camel, others repair equipment… pic.twitter.com/iAKkiYLO5Y
— MAKS 25 🇺🇦👀 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) October 27, 2025
In the video, released by one of the Ukrainian army units, Ukrainian army fighters can be seen standing next to a damaged M-113 APC that was hit and working to repair it. A few seconds after the video starts, a white pickup truck arrives from the front, carrying several more fighters, with a two-humped camel walking behind it, tied with a rope.
The unit that posted the video explained the camel was taken from a Russian position captured in a Ukrainian attack and that the animal, which is not found in the plains of eastern Ukraine, was wandering confused near the position. Russian army forces are known to use animals for transport or mobility purposes for fighters, as their units struggle increasingly with shortages of motorized vehicles damaged by Ukrainian fire. In the past, videos were released of Russian soldiers using horses, mules, and donkeys to move around the combat zone, which is full of mines and subject to constant threat from Ukrainian drones.
Bactrian camel somewhere in Russia or eastern Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/trbcEZVqDz
— History of Khorâsân and the Persianate World (@BiruniKhorasan) December 15, 2024
The two-humped camel, or Bactrian camel by its scientific name, is a beast of burden domesticated in the deserts of Central Asia, and its thick fur provides protection not only from the heavy heat prevailing in the deserts during summer months but also from the cold and snows of winter. These camels can easily withstand the harsh Ukrainian winter and can carry a large amount of equipment.
