- Man stole snow covered vehicle from military training organisation in Murmansk
- On his way to the supermarket, he managed to destroy a parked car with the tank
- He rammed the multi-purpose amphibious armoured vehicle into supermarket
- Desperate drinker then grabbed a bottle of wine and left vehicle where it was
A Russian man was so desperate for a bottle of wine he hijacked an armoured vehicle and rammed it into a supermarket window.
On the way, he lost control and smashed into a Daewoo car in the Arctic city of Murmansk.
The man hopped out of the Soviet-era multi-purpose fully amphibious auxiliary armoured tracked vehicle and grabbed the wine from the supermarket shelf.
The man hopped into the tank in order to go to the supermarket to buy some wine
The desperate drinker didn’t park his unusual choice of transport in the car park
Instead, he took a more direct approach, driving the vehicle through the front of the shop
The armoured vehicle, which is known in the West as an M-1970, was left in front of the shop
On his way to the supermarket, the driver of the tank managed to destroy this car
The wine he was so desperate to buy is from the Crimea, an area annexed by Vladimir Putin in 2014
The incident involving the armoured vehicle happened in the in the Arctic city of Murmansk
Police say the man stole the vehicle from a local military training organisation in the city
Patriotically, he took a bottle of red from Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula annexed from Ukraine by Vladimir Putin in 2014, it is understood.
Then he ran off, but was swiftly detained by police.
The armoured vehicle – known in the West as an M-1970 – was left in front of the shop.
Police said he stole the snow-covered military vehicle from a local military training organisation in Murmansk.