A group of Ukrainian men took a Russian tank, which they “captured” to walk through the frozen fields – one of the many military vehicles and weapons left behind while “demoralized” Russian soldiers were captured or fleeing the battle.
A group of men applauded as they climbed on top of a Russian tank in viral videos showing them taking the T-80BVM armored battle tank on a high-speed field trip. KharkivUkraine.
The man, who is filming on his mobile phone, shouts “we did it” and “glory to Ukraine” in his native language, while his friends laugh and applaud as they cross the snowy field.
The video was published on Twitter from an account that tracks “the use and capture of materials in Ukraine”.
Ukrainian soldiers say they also found an abandoned Russian weapon, such as a vacuum bomb that was “in good condition and fully loaded,” according to Ukrainian Weapons Tracker.
They say they found a self-propelled howitzer, a command vehicle and logistics trucks in Sumy, Ukraine, about 200 miles outside Kyiv.
A group of men applauded as they rode a Russian tanker on Wednesday as they drove at high speed across a field in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The tank was reportedly “captured”
The man filming the video reportedly said “we did it” and “Glory to Ukraine” in his native language while his friends laughed.
Tanks, other military vehicles and weapons were abandoned all over Ukraine as many demoralized Russian troops either surrendered to Ukraine without a fight or fled the battle at night, Newsweek reported.
A video of captured Russian soldiers taken by their Ukrainian kidnappers shows that they say they feel “demoralized” and want to go home.
Some soldiers claim to have been deceived by their commanders and told they had been sent to Ukraine for “training”, according to a viral video.
More than 5,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and nearly 200 captured. Russia has also lost 14 planes, eight helicopters, 102 tanks, 536 armed vehicles, 15 heavy machine guns and a BUK missile, according to the Ukrainian military.
One of the videos, published in the Telegram early Sunday, shows a captured Russian soldier who identifies himself as Leonid Paktishev, 28, commander of a sniper unit based in the Rostov region.
Speaking to the Guardian, Paktishev’s family said they did not know he had been sent to the front line with Ukraine – adding that they believed their relative did not know before he was sent.
“I knew that Leonid was in the military, but I had no idea that he was sent to Ukraine. I don’t think he would have known either, “said his sister Polivtseva, who bore her maiden name.
The family expressed shock and anger that Paktishev had been sent across the border, but stopped condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Polivtseva saying she was not “competent” to judge whether the military action was correct.
Other footage suggested showing Russian soldiers calling their families to tell them they had been captured but were safe and treated “fairly” by Ukrainian forces.
They drove him through a snowy field at high speed
Ukrainian soldiers also found a vacuum bomb that was “in good condition and fully charged”
They claim to have found a self-propelled howitzer (pictured), a command vehicle and logistics trucks in Sumy, Ukraine
They found the vehicles about 200 miles from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv
Putin’s forces are believed to be losing food and fuel, with some resorting to looting while others even sabotaging their own military equipment in a bid to get out of the war.
The intercepted radio reports show that the troops are not obeying Moscow’s orders to shell Ukrainian cities and are complaining that they are running out of food and fuel.
While American and Ukrainian intelligence believe that morale in Russia’s ranks is low, Putin and his commanders have shown no signs of abandoning the battle – and instead have vowed to push even harder to try to achieved key objectives.
Sergei Shoigu, the country’s defense minister, said on Tuesday that the offensive would continue until all targets are completed – which he said is the removal of threats to Russia from the West.
Vladimir Zelensky said Russia was trying to wipe out Ukraine and its people as Vladimir Putin’s invasion entered its seventh day today with renewed attacks on all fronts, including an expected attack on the city, which houses the world’s largest nuclear power plant. Europe.
Zelensky, who has become a symbol of Ukrainian disobedience and courage since the start of the war, told his people today that the Russians “know nothing about our capital.” About our history. But they have an order to erase our history. Delete our country. Delete us all.
Ukraine demonstrates captured Russian soldiers in dozens of online videos. Footage of a captured Russian soldier saying he did not come to the country “to want to kill” appeared on Facebook.