Drone video released by Russian sources on Telegram shows a Ukrainian tank taking several hits from Russian Lancet drones. According to the source, the Ukrainians were then seen abandoning their armor, only that's not at all what the video shows.

According to the Russians who posted this video to Telegram, the Ukrainian troops can be seen retreating away from their armor after a Lancet Kamikaze Drone made a direct hit on the vehicle. I'm not sure if retreat means putting the fire out with a fire extinguisher or what, but I think there may have been some confusion or mis-translations happening.

It's also entirely possible that the guys who are spreading this just didn't bother to watch the video, and figured that the tank retreating out of a killbox was the same as the crew retreating away from their armor.

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