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The Russian Embassy in Washington announced Monday on Twitter that Moscow's forces had “annihilated” eight German-made Leopard tanks, among the most advanced and powerful equipment that NATO countries have provided to Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense then posted a video Tuesday on Telegram with text saying that it showed “footage of the destruction of foreign armored vehicles, including Leopard tanks.”
The video was shown extensively by Russian state-controlled broadcasters and news sites, which said it was recorded from the thermal-imaging system of a KA-52 Alligator attack helicopter. Several black silhouettes of vehicles can be seen before the helicopter launches a guided missile that strikes one, causing it to explode. “Direct hit!” a voice on the recording says in Russian.
stationary, at-night farm machinery in a field don't tend to pose much of a threat.Almost immediately after the Russian video spread online, multiple weapons experts and military bloggers posting on social media began casting doubt that the helicopter’s missile struck a tank at all, much less a Leopard.
The visual analysis by the AP shows that the vehicles seen in the video, which was recorded at night, appear to be large pieces of stationary farm machinery parked in a field — specifically, a self-propelled sprayer and two combines used to harvest corn and wheat.
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