I'm not sure what is funnier here, the fact that the Ukrainian soldier actually got through, making several phone calls to help get his tank running again, or that Russia has a toll-free number for their tank support.

Just as well though, Russia is still the number one supplier of tanks to the Ukrainian army since the war started in February 2022. (Admittedly, not voluntarily supplied.)

In his last call, the soldier revealed that he was Ukrainian, telling them, "The next time we capture your tanks as trophies, make them better so it will be easier for us to operate them. Deal?" "Ok."

Too funny.

Source: Moscow Times

A Ukrainian soldier who captured a Russian T-72 tank with mechanical problems filmed himself calling the tank's manufacturer in Russia for technical support.

The soldier, who goes by the callsign “Kochevnik,” called two people said to be senior figures at the Uralvagonzavod tank manufactory in Nizhny Tagil, as shown in a video published by the Telegram channel Ukrainian Militant.

“[The tank] can’t go into battle, it breaks down constantly,” Kochevnik said during one of the calls.

He listed spewing oil, faulty compressors and failing electrical turret-rotation mechanisms as some of the issues plaguing the T-72.

“It’s impossible to wage war on it,” Kochevnik complained.

The two people on the other line — identified as Uralvagonzavod branch director Alexander Saponkov and the plant’s acting deputy general director Andrei Abakumov — could be heard promising to address the problems.

Kochevnik later revealed to the men that he was a Ukrainian soldier, saying his unit had captured the Russian tank during the liberation of Izyum in eastern Ukraine last fall.