Protecting the Motherland, one pig at a time. As noted below, the Russian soldiers could not shoot the animals because they'd have been found and dispatched by Ukrainian soldiers. Relying on their running ability they were soon overwhelmed by the wild boars. One Russian did not make it and was left to fertilize the Ukrainian earth. Source: Focus (Ukraine) In the Chernobyl zone near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, a wild boar attacked the Russian DRG and killed one of the enemy scouts.