"At the last second": Putin told how he dodged a falling motorcycle

The two-wheeled vehicle flew up "like a goat"

President Vladimir Putin said that he was once almost injured because of a overturned motorcycle. The head of state recalled the story from his life at the Zapad-2025 exercises.

Putin on a motorcycle, archive photo
I sat on a motorcycle once, stepped on the gas, and it flew up "like a goat", overturned! I dodged it at the last second.
Vladimir Putin

According to him, the vehicle fell nearby.

Later, the Russian leader inspected cars and motorcycles during exercises at the Mulinopolygon. Putin was interested in Kayo-T4 and Bulldog motorcycles, as well as Ulan-U2 combat vehicles and the Sarmat STS.

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