'Putin's Pride' 4.7 Billion-Won Tank... Smashed by Ukrainian Missile Attack [Video]

"Russian Tank Destroyed by Internal Ammunition Explosion"

The latest main battle tank of Russia, the T-90, was destroyed in a recent missile attack by the Ukrainian military.
Photo by Ukraine Weapons Tracker Twitter capture.

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] A Russian T-90 tank was destroyed by a missile attack from the Ukrainian military. The T-90 is Russia's latest main battle tank, with a unit price of approximately 3 million pounds (about 4.7 billion KRW).

According to recent reports from foreign media such as Spain's Euro Weekly News, the Twitter account "Ukraine Weapons Tracker" posted on the 6th a video showing a Russian tank exploding, stating, "A Russian tank known as the T-90 was destroyed due to an internal ammunition explosion."

The video shows a Russian T-90 tank standing on a road suddenly engulfed in red flames following an attack by the Ukrainian forces. According to the media, the attack is believed to have taken place in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson. The destroyed tank was a T-90, with a unit price reaching 3 million pounds (about 4.7 billion KRW).

Ukrainian journalist Andriy Chaplyenko is posing in front of a blackened T-90M tank.
Photo by Andriy Chaplychenko, captured from Twitter

Earlier, in May, a T-90M deployed in the Ukraine war was found destroyed. According to multiple foreign media outlets, Andriy Chaplyenko, a local Ukrainian journalist, released photos on May 4 (local time) showing damaged Russian tanks and armored vehicles standing near eastern Kharkiv.

The tank in the photos is a T-90M, a derivative model of Russia's T-90 series. It has been supplied to the Russian military since spring 2020 and is known to be equipped with the latest fire control system, providing very high accuracy and firing speed of shells.

At that time, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense released drone footage showing the destruction of a T-90M tank. The Ministry stated, "While conducting drone reconnaissance in the Kharkiv area, we discovered a concentration of enemy heavy weapons, designated the target, and the Special Operations Command resistance forces coordinated with an artillery brigade to strike." They added, "One each of a T-90 tank, a T-80 tank, and an MTLB armored vehicle were destroyed, and another MTLB was damaged."

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced that from February 24 to August 8, they have destroyed 1,811 Russian tanks. They also reported attacking over 42,340 Russian soldiers, 223 military jets, 4,070 Russian military vehicles, and 744 drones.