Following President Vladimir Putin’s speech in which he announced that he will recruit hundreds of thousands of reservists and threatened to resort to nuclear weaponsa journalist associated with the UK Defense Magazine shared images on social media showing the exact moment when a powerful guided missile hits a Russian T-72 tank by surprise.
In the video released by Twitter, which was allegedly recorded by a Ukrainian Army soldier, the military vehicle can be seen on a hill. As he was regarding to move forward, the rocket made a surprise appearance and collided with the left side of the tank.
The incident took place last Monday, September 19, on the outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk. According to the publication made on Twitter, it was a anti tank missile.
As a result of the explosion, the crew was stunned and the imposing Russian vehicle completely immobile. The images were released at a time when Russia announced that will recruit 300,000 reservists pto support his military campaign in Ukraine.
President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s first mobilization since World War II in an early morning television address, saying the additional personnel were needed to win a war not only once morest Ukraine but also once morest its Western defenders.
After that, the commander in chief of the Ukrainian army, Valery Zalujny, promised on Wednesday to “destroy” the Russians who will go to Ukraine to fight, including those who will be mobilized following the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
”No statement from the political-military leadership of the aggressor country will affect our willingness to fight for our freedom. We will destroy all those who come to our land with weapons, either voluntarily or by mobilization,” the military official said on Facebook.
In this way, one of the highest positions in charge of the Ukrainian Army pointed out that the announcement of “partial mobilization” launched this Wednesday by the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, “has not frightened” Ukraine.
DPA and AFP Agency