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Bang! Video Shows Ukrainian Special Forces Destroy Fleeing Russian T-80BV Tank

Dramatic video footage shared on Twitter back in December of last year shows Russian soldiers in a T-80BV tank in eastern Ukraine being destroyed by Ukraine’s Special Forces.

Russian T-80 Tank. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Dramatic video footage shared on Twitter back in December of last year shows Russian soldiers in a T-80BV tank in eastern Ukraine being destroyed by Ukraine’s Special Forces.

The video, which was shared by the official Security Service of Ukraine Twitter account, shows a Russian tank firing at Ukrainian positions.

The video, recorded by a rotary-blade drone, then shows the tank fleeing as Ukrainian forces return fire.

The tank is narrowly missed by one projectile, which landed directly behind the tank as it fled down a road until eventually the Russian soldiers get out of the vehicle and make a run for it.

As the soldiers flee, the rear of the tank ignites. The soldiers are then seen taking cover in a residential building as the tank continues to burn.

In the original post, the Ukrainian Security Service describes how the tank was proving to be a “nightmare” for Ukrainian fighters in the region, deploying rapid shelling.

“For some time, the enemy gave our advanced positions a ‘nightmare’ using the tactics of rapid shelling from tanks,” the post reads.

“But it did not last long – one of them was exposed and destroyed by a tactical group of fighters of the Special Operations Center ‘A’ of the SBU.”

Image Credit: Creative Commons. T-80 Tank Attack in Ukraine. Image: Screenshot. T-80 Tank Destroyed in Ukraine. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

While the tank did not explode, as some Russian models often do, the fuel tank did appear to catch fire.

T-80 Tanks Keep Dying in Ukraine 

T-80 tanks have been known to be vulnerable to these kinds of fires when ammunition penetrates the vehicles and sets the diesel fuel on fire – a fuel that is less combustible but which will burn slowly.

Jack Buckby is 19FortyFive’s Breaking News Editor.

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Jack Buckby is 19FortyFive's Breaking News Editor. He is a British author, counter-extremism researcher, and journalist based in New York. Reporting on the U.K., Europe, and the U.S., he works to analyze and understand left-wing and right-wing radicalization, and reports on Western governments’ approaches to the pressing issues of today. His books and research papers explore these themes and propose pragmatic solutions to our increasingly polarized society.

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