Footage broadly shared on social media reveals the dramatic moments when an individual confronts a convoy of Russian navy automobiles barreling down a street.

Media outlet NB tweeted the 28-second clip which reveals what seems to be a person risking his life by standing in entrance of the automobiles as they cross by.

"Ukrainian rushes below enemy tools in order that the occupiers don't cross," NB wrote alongside the video. The clip spurred many others to check it to a different historic act of insurrection.

"Amazingly courageous Ukrainian tries to cease a Russian navy convoy by blocking the automobiles together with his physique identical to the 'Tank Man' in Tiananmen Sq.," tweeted journalist Henry Langston.

Many others on social media additionally dubbed the Ukrainian "tank man." This was in reference to the person who stared down a column of tanks leaving Tiananmen Sq. in Beijing on June 5, 1989 after the Chinese language authorities's violent crackdown on the Tiananmen protests.

It's not clear when or the place precisely the video was taken though one social media consumer stated "it was someplace on the street to Kyiv."

After a day of missile strikes and combating following Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to invade Ukraine, the U.S. has warned that Russia's seizure of Kyiv is imminent.

Man stands in front of Russian convoy
This display seize from Twitter reveals an individual making an attempt to confront a convoy of Russian navy automobiles. Folks have in contrast the incident to the person who stood in entrance of Chinese language tanks in Tiananmen Sq. in 1989.

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