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Ira Losco promotes Russian T-14 Armata tank

Karl Stennienibarra

Maltese singer Ira Losco has written a Facebook post praising the Russian Federation’s T-14 Armata main battle tank.

Along with a photo of her smiling while sitting atop the T-14, the singer also wrote a post praising the merits of the tank.

“Hi everyone – today I’ll be driving around in a very special vehicle indeed: the T-14 Armata – the pinnacle of Russian military engineering,” she said.

“The unmanned turret and armoured capsule allow me to stay safe while firing a wide range of different ordnance – including the state-of-the-art 9M119M1 Invar-M missiles – at inferior NATO vehicles. The capsule even has a toilet!” the singer continued, adding that the Armata’s 1,500-horsepower engine and 55 tonnes of armour meant she could easily drive over traffic on her way to rehearsals, grocery shopping and picking up her kids from school.

To make sure her followers knew the post was paid for by the Russian Ministry of Defence, Losco wrote #ad at the very bottom of the post.

At the time of writing, Losco had just published another post praising the Ukrainian-made R-360 Neptune anti-ship cruise missile.