The armoured vehicle, one of Russia's modern T-80 main battle tanks, was driving along a dirt track lined by wooded areas. As it passed one particular row of trees, a lone Ukrainian soldier leapt out from cover (top right), shouldered his weapon - an anti-tank guided missile - and fired a single shot. In a flash, the missile streaked across the track and impacted the passing tank (main), exploding in a plume of fire and white smoke. Moments later the armoured hull erupted in a series of explosions as the ammunition inside cooked off (bottom right), the detonations spewing metal across the dirt track and causing huge trails of smoke to rise above the wood