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Related: About this forumUkrainian 'tank man' trying to block Russian military convoy
Video footage shared by Ukrainian news outlet HB apparently shows a Ukrainian man attempting to block a Russian military convoy. The 30-second clip shows a man standing in front of what appear to be military vehicles. As the vehicles try to swerve around him, the man jockeys to the side, seemingly in an attempt to block their progress.
The clip has gone viral online, with comparisons being drawn to the 'tank man' of Tiananmen Square.
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Ukrainian 'tank man' trying to block Russian military convoy (Original Post)
blue-wave
Feb 2022
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)1. If he survives, hope to see more. Vehicle did swerve.
underpants
(182,829 posts)2. Whatever it takes.
brush
(53,787 posts)3. I didn't see any tank. Tanks have tracks not tires.
underpants
(182,829 posts)4. I didn't look that closely.
But the vehicles were more vertical that tanks.
blue-wave
(4,356 posts)5. Can't we just let them call this guy "tank" man?
I think Ukraine has bigger issues to resolve at the moment.
brush
(53,787 posts)6. We can, but to be accurate, regular vehicles have no chance against an...
actual tank. I saw footage from a couple of days ago of a car trying to evade a tank and the tank's thread just rolled over the hood and engine compartment and crushed it like it wasn't there, and kept going.
It was shocking to see how easily the tank destroyed the front end of that car. Luckily the driver wasn't injured, but I'm sure he won't try that again.