(MENAFN) The army has stated that Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoigu, has suggested that a tank team that demolished a Ukrainian reinforced column be called Heroes of Russia for their deeds.

In a declaration on Saturday, the Defense Ministry piled admiration on the Russian facility associates operating a tank called ‘Alyosha’, who resisted "an attack by a numerically superior enemy" in Zaporozhye Region, opposing eight reinforced automobiles, together with a couple of tanks.

Based on the protection representatives, the occurrence happened after 1st Lt. Rasim Baksikov, the leader of the Russian tank, had to take over the position of a wounded operator, while his seat was employed by Lt. Alexander Levakov. With the tank team prepared, it hurried to back a Russian infantry troop reeling from Ukrainian assaults.

While getting closer to a hidden settlement, the tank team marked a Ukrainian column and made the choice to involve the foe, the ministry stated, also noting that the facility associates were able to competently utilize the land to their benefit and take Kiev’s reinforced spearhead by shock.

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