Russian state TV reacted with acerbic putdowns on Wednesday to the news that the US and Germany had finally agreed to send tanks to Ukraine.
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The Rossiya-24 TV channel broadcast a series of stories mocking the Nato member countries’ tanks. In one on-air sequence titled ‘Toothless cats’ – a pun on the German-made Leopard tanks – the presenter said the German-made tanks were ‘more primitive’, heavier, less manoeuvrable and had a shorter firing range when compared to Russian T-90s.

In an on-screen graphic showing a fictional battle between T-90 and Leopard tanks, the news anchor said that half of the Nato platoon would be hit before it even reached the battlefield. Another withering sequence called the US-made tanks ‘battered Abrams’, showing footage of the armoured vehicles being struck in a number of past battles and highlighting their ‘weak points’ on a blueprint.

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