Fact Check: Was Russian soldier blown up bashing tank with artillery shell?

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Fact Check: Was Russian soldier blown up bashing tank with artillery shell?
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A viral video shows what appears to be a Russian soldier using an artillery shell as an improvised hammer on a tank followed by a huge explosion.

by Igor Sushko posted on July 2, 2023, viewed 4.3 million times, shows a video of what appears to be a soldier hitting a tank component with an artillery shell before the video cuts out with a fiery explosion effect.Estimates on Russian tank losses do vary.

The video seen on Twitter this week of the artillery shell explosion certainly appeared at first glance to possibly count toward another of these losses. However, while the clip appears to show the unfortunate result of improvised military engineering, the explosion was edited into the video.

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