Aerial footage from Ukraine offers a new look at a rare tank-on-tank battle that ends with a close-range kill of Russian armor

• Ukraine's Ministry of Defense posted new footage of a tank duel at close range.
• The clip shows a Ukrainian tank taking out a Russian tank with two explosions. 
• The tanks were so close to each other that only a hedge of trees separated the two.  

Newly released aerial footage shows an intense close-range duel between a Ukrainian tank and a Russian tank that left the latter annihilated. 

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense posted the video on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday.