The Ukrainian army has published a video mocking the appearance of the only Russian T-34 tank from the Second World War in the Red Square parade on Victory Day, the footage of which caused a wave of irony in social networks. socialization.

“We watched today’s Russian “Victory Day” parade with great interest,” the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said in a statement published on Tuesday evening, adding to it a “tribute” of Ukrainians: a video with a tank, which juxtaposes the video with the song “Everything”. Myself” by the American artist Eric Carmen.

The video has also been edited to resemble promo videos for classic Hollywood films from a decade ago.

The appearance of a single T-34 at the head of an armored column parading in Red Square has sparked numerous sharp comments on social media in the context of the huge losses of the Russian army in the war in Ukraine, which President Vladimir Putin launched last year.

The very end of the video released by the Ukrainian military – the part where they wish the tank “good luck” – seems to be a direct reference to the jokes of some netizens who suggested that the old T-34 will be sent to the front. immediately after the parade.

Although traditionally the Russian armored column in the Victory Day parade is led by T-34 tanks due to their predominant role in the defeat of the German army in World War II, this year the Russian army put only one such vehicle on parade and other newer ones. there were no models at all.

An independent analysis showed that the Russian army displayed 51 military vehicles at yesterday’s parade, about a quarter of the number present in the years before the invasion began.

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