A group of Ukrainians supposedly took captured Russian tanks for a drive through snow-covered fields while others set fire to the vehicles or towed them away using tractors, according to video clips shared online recently. In the first video– which has now gone viral online– a group of guys are seen cheering as well as chuckling as they ride atop a T-80BVM armored battle tank in an area in Kharkiv, Ukraine, the Daily Mail reported.
The guy recording the scene on his cellphone reportedly shouts, “We did it!” and also “Glory to Ukraine!” while his compatriots laugh and also yell together with him.
The video clip, purportedly initial posted to Telegram, has since been shared online by a number of different social media sites accounts, consisting of a Twitter account operated by Barstool Sports called “Zero Blog Thirty.”
Ukrainians took over a Russian tank, learned how to use it, and now just need some orange mocha frappuccinos to really have a party pic.twitter.com/R4y1SrY5pl
— Zero Blog Thirty (@ZeroBlog30) March 2, 2022
Gee… ‘Tanks’ Russia
It isn’t clear exactly how the Ukrainians commandeered the vehicle, nevertheless, records of Russian soldiers abandoning tanks and various other weaponry amidst fighting in Ukraine have come to be prevalent.
Newsweek reported Tuesday that a battery of current social networks posts reveal Russian pressures within the occupied nation leaving military lorries behind and also running away from combat. Open-source intelligence monitors, OSINT Defender, tweeted a video earlier this week reporting that Russian troops got away from a depot in the Sumy region, ” leaving behind BMPs, BTR-80s, MT-LBs and Infantry Transport Vehicles.”
Ukrainian Citizens are reporting that Russian Forces at a Depot in the Sumy Region abandoned the Outpost and fled into the woods during the night leaving behind, BMPs, BTR-80s, MT-LBs and Infantry Transport Vehicles there is no indication as to why they fled. pic.twitter.com/negbbmbQef
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 28, 2022
Various other abandoned cars apparently included”a 152mm Msta-S self-propelled howitzer, 1V13 command vehicle, T-80U tank, and logistical trucks,” according to the Twitter account,”Ukraine Weapons Tracker.”
#Ukraine: More vehicles of the Russian 4th Guards Tank Division, destroyed and abandoned in #Sumy, including a 152mm Msta-S self-propelled howitzer, 1V13 command vehicle, T-80U tank and logistical trucks. pic.twitter.com/eXePfmkT9I
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) March 1, 2022
Belarusian media outlet, NEXTA, posted a video clip on Thursday allegedly showing a line of Russian storage tanks being fired near Nikolaev, now known as Mykolaiv.
#Russian tanks in the Nikolaev region: pic.twitter.com/1x6SoeP6hX
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 3, 2022
Meanwhile, Ukrainian farmers have actually gotten some prestige on social networks for apparently carrying away abandoned Russian storage tanks making use of tractors, according to a record from British magazine, Farmers Weekly. In one video clip, a tank is taken down a road as somebody chases after it.
If true, it’s probably the first tank ever stolen by a farmer… ))
Ukrainians are tough cookies indeed. #StandWithUkraine #russiagohome pic.twitter.com/TY0sigffaM— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) February 27, 2022
The publication quoted a confidential source that stated, “A Russian soldier got lost and got out of his armored personal carrier. He wandered off and the farmer came and took the tractor. The armored personnel carrier had been left unattended, so the farmer decided to nick it.”
In a separate video clip, an alleged Ukrainian farmer appears to tow away another Russian lorry as spectators wave and cheer.
Another farmer in Ukraine removing a Russian vehicle with the appreciative neighbors waving pic.twitter.com/ugrxhXo0dF
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) February 28, 2022
Patriot United News can not independently confirm the accuracy of the video clips included in this report. Ukraine declares that almost 6,000 Russian soldiers have been eliminated and also hundreds captured since the start of the dispute as Russian forces continue to border Ukrainian cities as well as shell them with rocket fire in an initiative to overthrow the elected government in Kyiv.
H/T TheBlaze
