Analyzing Real Reporter and Captured NATO Vehicles

A Russian PSYOP with a smile is still a Russian PSYOP

Quite a few viewers sent me this video by Konstantin Rozhkov / Real Reporter’s visit to Moscow and a “Petting Zoo” of destroyed NATO armored vehicles, including an American M1A1 Tank and a German Leopard.

The Real Reporter Youtube channel is almost certainly a form of Russian propaganda, but it is a very soft form of propaganda.

There was no glaring misinformation however there are some items that should be noted.

#1. NEVER touch a destroyed tank unless you have to perform a rescue.

#2. Konstantin Rozhkov is Russian and may be trying to "act" like a westerner to make the propaganda more palatable.

#3. Abrams tanks that were sent to Ukraine we the M1A1 variant that was at least 32 years old. This was not the best western equipment.

#4. Russian tanks tend to use steel treads because they are cheap. Knocking the rubber track pads out of a western tank would create a less grippy surface on mud once the mud filled in the gap were the pad is.

#5. It is highly unlikely that British contractors would fly F-16s in Ukraine because the UK does not operate the F-16.

#6. None of the videos I looked at were monetized by YouTube. This may be an indicator that Konstantin Rozhkov has an alternate source of funding.

If you want to watch the original video from Konstantin Rozhkov / Real Reporter that is below:

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Special thanks to Kateryna Shenheliia and Nicholas Moran for their contributions.