Tanks for nothing! Russian tank commander accidentally takes out five of his comrades with his turret

• Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence shared the footage of Russia’s apparent own goal
• It comes after Germany’s revelation it would send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine 

This is the shocking moment a Russian tank commander accidentally took out his own comrades with the vehicle’s turret. 

In a clip posted by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence on Twitter, the tank first swerves past another armoured vehicle – which appears to be on fire. 

It then goes to pass by another fellow tank – lined with troops – but the turret accidentally sweeps at least five soldiers from where they are sitting in an apparent own goal. 

One of the fallen men appears to have difficulty getting back to his feet but the others appear to be unscathed and flee the scene.  

The ministry mocked the Russian army in the caption, saying: ‘The biggest threat to mobilised Russian infantry are mobilised Russian tankmen.’  

This is the shocking moment a Russian tank commander accidentally took out his own comrades with the vehicle’s turret

The tank had first passed by another armoured vehicle, which appears to be on fire

The aftermath of the destruction saw the troops run away from where they had been positioned on the tank

Game music is played over the top of the video alongside a laugh track to further ridicule the Russian war effort. 

The 52-second video, posted on January 27, has now been viewed more than 1.5 million times.  

Russian warfare and military training has been under scrutiny since the country invaded Ukraine last February. Reports revealed conscripts were given 19th century rifles and lacked supplies.

Last month the ministry shared a video of a Russian tank landing upside down after falling off a train. They commented: ‘Not that we are complaining, but in the future we ask that the Russians be more careful when unloading military equipment.’ 

According to Dutch warfare research group Oryx, Russia has lost 1,450 tanks since the war began – either destroyed or taken over by Ukraine, or abandoned by Russian troops. 

The ministry mocked the Russian army in the caption, saying ‘the biggest threat to mobilised Russian infantry are mobilised Russian tankmen’

Last week Germany announced it would send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. 

This paved the way for other countries to follow suit – with Poland promising an additional 60 tanks. 

A total of 321 heavy tanks have been promised to Ukraine by several countries, Ukraine’s ambassador to France, Vadym Omelchenko, said on BFM television on Friday.

The Kremlin responded by saying the West is now ‘directly involved’ in the Ukraine war and threatened escalating the war beyond the borders of Ukraine. 

Moscow accused U.S. President Joe Biden of prolonging the war by arming Kyiv. Ukraine says the only way to end the war is for allies to give it the weapons to win it. 

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