A Russian tank in the Eastern Ukrainian region of the Donetsk region ran over two landmines, drone footage showed. The tank later got hit by a Ukrainian missile, the Telegraph reported.

The footage, which went viral, shows the second landmine causing tremors through the entire tank. To everyone’s surprise, the two crew members emerged from the tank unharmed, the Telegraph reported.

The tank was firing on Ukrainian positions in the Donetsk area when it accidentally ran over the landmines. The region is currently under constant bombardment by the Russian military as the troops try to gain more area of the war-torn country.

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Meanwhile, the governor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk claimed Tuesday that Russian soldiers damaged a tank storing nitric acid.

Sergiy Gaiday said on Telegram that a Russian air attack “struck a tank containing nitric acid at a chemical factory,” adding: “Nitric acid is harmful if breathed, consumed, or comes into touch with skin.

“Do not come out of shelters!” Gaiday said.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on February 24 and has now entered its fourth month. The head of Severodonetsk city administration said that Ukrainian forces now hold just 20% of the city.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of “madness” after its troops targeted a chemical factory.

“There are civilians there in bomb shelters, there are quite a few of them, but it will not be a second Azovstal as that plant had a huge underground city … which isn’t there at Azov,” Gaidai said.

Severodonetsk is the final major city still held by Ukraine in the Luhansk oblast. Western officials said that Moscow is making “incremental but pretty steady gains.”

Meanwhile, Russia accused the US of seeking to prolong the war in Ukraine. The comments came after President Joe Biden said he would supply Kyiv with new long-range missiles.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the US was “intentionally adding fuel to the fire” with the deliveries.

“Such supplies do not contribute to the Ukrainian leadership’s willingness to resume peace negotiations,” he added.