In a shocking video, a Russian tank smashes a Ukrainian car with a civilian inside

David Artykov
3 min readFeb 27, 2022

A terrifying video from Kiev has captured the moment when a Russian tank seems to crush a car with a person still inside. Social media users shared videos of the incident and its aftermath. One of the recordings, shared by Ukrainian journalist Alexander Khrebet, was shot from a rooftop in Kyiv’s Obolon neighborhood and captured the moment the tank destroyed the vehicle.

Videos of the incident from various perspectives have started to circulate (and be shared) on social media.

https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1497134141627850789

Franak Viaorka, a senior advisor to Belarus legislator and human rights campaigner Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, shared a short video of the tank driving over the automobile. Over 900,000 people have watched the video.

A Russian tank drove over a civilian automobile in Ukraine. The footage is terrifying. My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine.

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Another video, which has gone viral on social media, shows members of the public…

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