The brigade told Insider the driver had to position the tank, jam the accelerator, and jump out.
The UK Ministry of Defence previously said that Ukraine had destroyed many Russian tank bombs before they got close enough to do any significant damage.
The tank used was a T-62 captured from Russian forces when Ukraine took back the city of Kherson last year.
Galas said Ukraine took dozens of similar tanks in that operation, where he said Russian forces "were running away and they were leaving behind their tanks."
But as its condition worsened, the decision was made to pack it with explosives and send it back toward Russian forces.
Persons:
Yaroslav Galas, Vasil Dudinets, Galas, Dudinets, didn't, would've
Organizations:
Service, Transcarpathian Brigade, UK Ministry of Defence
Locations:
Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Russian, Kherson, Soviet Union