Posted on 09/23/2023 6:38:15 AM PDT by BusterDog
LUGANSK (Sputnik) - A Russian reconnaissance team has destroyed a German-supplied Leopard tank of the Ukrainian military with a crew comprised of Bunderswehr soldiers in the Zaporozhye direction, the team lead with the moniker Legend told Sputnik on Saturday.
"When we curbed another offensive and ATGM-ed [destroyed with an anti-tank guided missile] the Leopard, we moved out to the burned vahicle hoping to seize the 'tongue.' Then we saw that the crew's driver-mechanic was severely injured and the others were dead. Once he awoke, the mechanic started yelling 'nicht schießen' ["do not shoot" in German]," the head of the reconnaissance team said.
(Excerpt) Read more at sputnikglobe.com ...
Whether this report is accurate or not is of no importance. All thinking, rational people already know that there are NATO soldiers involved in the fighting. Anyone who argues otherwise is not paying attention.
How is your German Army tank attacking Russians story doing?
“How is your German Army tank attacking Russians story doing?”
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Smelling like a dead fish.
I thought that since it was an official government release they would try to keep it alive for at least a couple of weeks and then let it fade away gently while leaving remnants on the internet.
I’m surprised that it was dropped so quickly.
“I thought that since it was an official government release”
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I didn’t see an official govt statement on it, it was an mainstream Russian media source quoting a Russian soldier, then other mainstream Russian media like RT Germany picked it up and ran with it. Nothing after that, though.
I have not doubt that it’s happening. People were talking about Polish soldiers fighting a year ago. And not just mercenaries, but “sheep dipped” soldiers, where you take the guy out of the Polish uniform, put him in a Ukrainian uniform and pay him through Ukraine. It’s like he’s on hiatus from his old job. Once done in Ukraine, then he picks his old job back up as a Polish soldier.
Post 30 covered that, “Sputnik; formerly Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti, is a Russian state-owned news agency and radio broadcast service. It was established by the Russian government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya on 10 November 2014. With headquarters in Moscow”
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