Video recorded from the inside of what is most likely a Russian T-80 allegedly shows a group of Ukrainian Soldiers on FLIR being eliminated by a tank main gun round.

While the claims from the Russian source that released this video state that the tank destroyed a squad-sized unit of Ukrainian Soldiers, it's hard to verify that from the footage alone. All we can really see is the tank engaging with a sizeable heat signature at a distance. This is most likely a result of the poor quality camera used to film the video, and the lower-tier optics the T-80 is outfitted with.

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