Rare battlefield footage shows how Ukraine's upgraded Soviet-era tanks are outperforming Russia's upgraded Soviet-era tanks

• When Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, their militaries operated many of the same tanks.
• Ukraine upgraded many of its tanks before the war, but Russia also had newer, higher-quality tanks.
• As the war approaches its one-year mark, several countries have pledge to give Ukraine new tanks.

A rare video from the frontlines shows one of Ukraine's upgraded Soviet-era tanks outperforming one of its newer Russian adversaries.

In the footage, published online in December, a Ukrainian T-64BV and a Russian T-72B3 tank fought a deadly duel in the east of the country. Despite being older, the Ukrainian armor took out its Russian adversary with a single long-distance shot.