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On a Rest area for truck drivers in Roanoke, Louisiana, USA is a truck trailer with a Russian T-90 tank popped up. Apparently abandoned by Russian soldiers in the war against Ukraine, it has mysteriously ended up in the United States. Nobody seems to knowwho is behind it, not even the US military.
Recognized for computer game
How The Drive reportsa Reddit user was named Mutantlight attention to the tank. He regularly plays the computer game “The War Zone” and correctly identified the tank as a Russian product. When asked at the rest stop, where the tank is parked on a low-loader, they said a few men had it asked for permissionto be allowed to park the tank in order to bring in a new tractor. The original apparently had one gearbox damage.
Left behind in the war
OSINT groups have checked the tank against images from Ukraine and are fairly certain that the vehicle in question is in place Kurylivka in eastern Ukraine left behind by Russian troops. A sign on the side of the tank indicates that it seized by the Ukrainian army became. How it got to the US after that is unclear. In any case, the US military does not seem to be behind it.
Individuals as masterminds
According to their own information, nothing is known about the tank transport. The military probably wouldn’t want a transferred tank either park in a parking lot without being guarded. The US Department of Defense also says they know nothing about the tank. So most likely one or more are stuck private individuals behind the transport. Exactly what they intend to do with the tank is questionable.
