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Missouri Man Paddles 38.4 miles In Hollowed-out Pumpkin
Ukrainian Soldier Calls Russian Tank Manufacturer for Tech Support
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A Ukrainian soldier who captured a Russian T-72 tank with mechanical prob- lems filmed himself calling the tank's manufacturer in Russia for technical sup- port.
The soldier, who goes by the callsign “Kochevnik,” called two people said to be senior figures at the Uralvagonzavod tank man- ufactory in Nizhny Tagil, as shown in a video pub- lished by the Telegram channel Ukrainian Militant.
“[The tank] can’t go into battle, it breaks down con- stantly,” 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 com-
plained.
The two people on the other line — identified as Uralvagonzavod branch director Alexander Saponkov and the plant’s acting deputy general direc- tor 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 lib- eration of Izyum in eastern Ukraine last fall.
Ukrainian forces are esti- mated to have captured 200 T-72B3 tanks from Russia over the course of the 19-month war.
Uralvagonzavod, one of Russia’s largest defense contractors, has been under U.S. sanctions since 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=352V9i-EJb4
By Ben Hooper
Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A Missouri man climbed into a hollowed-out pumpkin he grew himself and pad- dled 38.4 miles down the Missouri River to break a world record.
Steve Kueny of Lebanon carved his 1,208-pound pumpkin into a boat he dubbed Huckle Berry and spent 11 hours
paddling from Kansas City, Kan., to Napoleon, Mo.
Kueny was accompanied in his journey by about a dozen boats from the Paddle KC Padding Club. Club members served as a sup- port team and helped document the journey.
Nebraska man Duane
Hansen previous-
ly set
the Guinness World Record for longest journey by pumpkin boat (paddling) at 37.5 miles in 2022.
Kueny's team said he sur- passed Hansen's total by paddling 38.4 miles.
Evidence from the attempt is now being submitted to Guinness World Records for offi- cial certification.
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