When soldiers film from the tank: Tiktok becomes a war channel

Ukrainian soldier in Kyiv

A large number of Tiktok videos can be seen on the Ukraine war.

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Berlin Five Ukrainian soldiers stand side by side in full gear on a field, holding machine guns, an ax and a rocket in their arms like guitars and rocking back and forth. A soldier in the middle of the formation crouches in front of a crate and drums pieces of wood on it. Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is playing in the background.

A Ukrainian soldier uploaded the video to the Tiktok platform a day before the Russian military invaded Ukraine. It has been viewed over 51 million times. On the account of the soldier, who provides his posts with common solidarity hashtags for the Ukraine war, there are more dance videos: He in uniform trying to dance the moonwalk to Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” or swinging his hips to techno beats.

But this account is just one example of a large number of Tiktok videos that can currently be seen on the Ukraine war.

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