Curious video from Ukraine: farmer with tractor tows Russian tanks

Created: 02/03/2022 22:36

This Ukrainian farmer towed a Russian tank.

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It's a rare moment of unexpected comic oddity in the sad chapter of the Ukraine war: a Ukrainian farmer snatched a Russian tank.

Kyiv/Munich - There are rarely moments to laugh in war.

Also in the Ukraine war* (The background to the Ukraine-Russia war*) the suffering of the people is great: There are many homeless, refugees, injured and dead.

But even in this unimaginable atrocity of war there are moments from time to time that make you smile.

A video on Twitter, which has now been viewed 4.8 million times (as of March 2, 9:24 p.m.), shows one.

Starring: A Ukrainian farmer - and one of Vladimir Putin's* Russian tanks.

The Russian tank is apparently no longer manned by soldiers from Putin's army.

On the contrary: he is pulled by a Ukrainian farmer with his tractor.

The man got his hands on the steel vehicle.

It is not known what the farmer intends to do with the war vehicle or where exactly the scene takes place.

The user writes: “A tractor driver who is currently fighting in most major cities is stealing Russian military equipment in Ukraine.

Things are so disorganized on the Russian side.”

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Regardless of how reliable the source of the video is - symbolically, it is quite appropriate for the current course of the war.

The advance of the Russian army is progressing slowly, Ukraine still holds the largest cities like the capital Kyiv.

There are reports of Russian tanks running out of fuel and stalling.

So this Ukrainian farmer probably keeps a massive souvenir from the war.

It is to be hoped that the fighting will end soon and that cheerful moments like this will soon no longer be the exception.