November 18th 2023.
This is the moment Russian soldiers fled their own tank filled with explosives in a kamikaze run at Ukrainian forces. The shocking video shows an armoured MT-LB vehicle loaded up as a moving bomb and aimed at a Ukrainian defence position.
The desperate plan quickly falls short as it appears to hit a landmine and explodes spectacularly ahead of its intended target. This bungle is a sign of the depths Vladimir Putin’s men will go to to try and secure ground in the former Soviet country of Ukraine.
The Donetsk region, where the video is believed to have been filmed, has been under occupation since the war started back in February last year. In the video, a Russian soldier can be seen diving out of the tank and running away knowing full well how dangerous the payload is.
The armoured vehicle had been loaded with two tons of TNT before being directed at the Ukrainian frontline. The vehicle ran over an anti-tank mine, causing an epic explosion. One of the Russian soldiers can be seen fleeing the armoured vehicle minutes before it explodes.
The explosive-filled tank detonates sending a huge burst of flames into the air. The MT-LB is a Soviet-era multi-purpose, fully amphibious tracked armoured vehicle, originally built in Soviet Ukraine and dating to half a century ago.
It is one of several old crocks Putin had brought back to life due to a shortage of armoured vehicles. The huge explosion can be seen from the air. In June, Russian forces claimed they had managed to blow up a stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of an MT-LB armoured personnel carrier packed full of explosives.
Elsewhere, Putin suffered a major blow on Thursday after a ‘kamikaze drone strike’ destroyed a missile base. Meanwhile, the Russian leader’s £1,000,000,000 secret weapon has finally been revealed.
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