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Published 26 February, 2010, 15:23
Edited 27 February, 2010, 19:43
A bunch of snow-covered tanks in Russia’s Urals region have been bewildering local residents for a few weeks.
About 200 abandoned armored vehicles, mostly Soviet-made T-72 tanks and tracked SP artillery mounts, are awaiting their fate at a small railway station near Ekaterinburg.
Locals say the tanks were brought there by a special train, unloaded and left unguarded since last November.
The hatches are not locked and anyone can get inside to feel like a real “tanky”: all the equipment aboard looks operational, except there is no ammunition.
Russian military officials deny the tanks were left unguarded.
The spokesperson for Urals' Military Command of the Russian Army, Dmitry Burdakov, said that the vehicles have not been forgotten and were stationed where they are on purpose while being relocated. He promised to complete the relocation by mid-March, saying that every tank will go under its own power to a central location.
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