Thailand: Rescuers amputate leg of woman stuck in travelator.

A woman who got stuck in an travelator in Bangkok's Don Mueang airport had to have her leg amputated by rescuers.

Her son said the family was "shocked" and worried about her mental health after the surgery was carried out on Thursday evening.

The 57-year-old's leg got stuck on Thursday morning after she tripped over her suitcase while on her way to board a flight, local media said.

"My mother's morale is quite concerning," her son wrote on Facebook.

"We got to speak to her a bit before and after the operation... Even though she showed her strength through facial expression and tone of voice, we knew that deep down she was broken because she suddenly lost a leg," Kit Kittirattana added.

"Our family knows very well that we can neither make her leg work like before, nor can we bring back the same life she had lived," he wrote.

Pictures online showed the woman - who has not been named - in a sitting position with her left leg wedged underneath the travelator.

A pink suitcase next to her had lost two wheels, while yellow comb plates typically found at the end of travelators had also broken off.

Airport management said they were "deeply saddened" by the incident and would compensate the woman for the partial loss of her left leg, as well as bear her medical expenses.

And airport director Karant Thanakuljeerapat told reporters on Thursday that the cause of the incident is under investigation.

He added that the airport had planned to replace several old travelators by 2025 but may speed up the process now.

Local media reported that the travelator in question had been operating since 1996.
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Russia will continue to oppose Western sanctions, President Vladimir Putin has said, following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

His address to a virtual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit was his first to an international meeting since last month's mutiny in Russia.

Mr Putin backed trade accords between SCO nations in local currencies - seen as an attempt to blunt sanctions.

The 2023 SCO summit is taking place virtually, under India's leadership.

Mr Putin used the platform to send a message of defiance to the West, saying "Russia counters all these external sanctions, pressures and provocations and continues to develop as never before".

He has made several public appearances since the Wagner mercenary group staged a short-lived mutiny in late June, but this was the first time he'd been seen with a group of international leaders.

"I would like to thank my colleagues from the SCO countries who expressed support for the actions of the Russian leadership to protect the constitutional order and the life and security of citizens," he told the summit in a televised address from the Kremlin in Moscow.

Mr Putin added that more than 80% of trade between Chinese and Russian people was in roubles and yuan, and urged other SCO members to follow the same process.

He also welcomed Russian ally Belarus's application to become a permanent member of the SCO next year.

Summit host Indian PM Narendra Modi called on members to boost trade, connectivity and tech co-operation, among other things.
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