- Ukraine's Ministry of Defense posted new footage of a tank duel at close range.
- The clip shows a Ukrainian tank taking out a Russian tank with two explosions.
Newly released aerial footage shows an intense close-range duel between a Ukrainian tank and a Russian tank that left the latter annihilated.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense $4, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday.
The new footage of the rare tank-on-tank encounter, which was $4, shows both tanks for the first time, revealing just how close they actually were to each other.
The video, taken by Ukraine's 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, shows a Ukrainian T-64BV tank fire at a Russian T-72B3 from the other side of a trench and a line of trees, just yards away.
Two explosions hit the Russian tank before the Ukrainian tank drives off.
"A tank duel," Ukraine's Ministry of Defense wrote on X. "A Ukrainian T-64BV knocked down the occupiers' T-72B3 at close range."
—Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) $4
The post does not indicate exactly where the fight took place but $4, it happened in the Zaporizhzhia region.
"Tank-on-tank engagements have become relatively rare," $4 from the Royal United Services for Defence and Security Studies. "But when they occur they usually take place within 1,000 m."