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Russian military engineers have recovered several Western-made vehicles, including two Abrams main battle tanks and a Challenger recovery vehicle, which were abandoned by Kiev forces after being damaged in the Sumy direction, the country’s Ministry of Defense announced on June 5.
The ministry said that a total of two M1A1 SA Abrams, two International MaxxPro mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, one M1126 Stryker armored fighting vehicle, all made by the United States, in addition to a British-made Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (CRARRV) were recovered.
Footage released by the ministry showed one of the Abrams tanks being towed by Russian military engineers. The tank appeared to be heavily damaged.
Ukraine received 31 Abrams along with a number of M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicles (ABV), which are based on the tank, from the U.S. over the last two years. Nearly all of the vehicles have reportedly been destroyed, damaged or captured by the Russian military.
Around the same time, the United Kingdom supplied two CRARRVS to Kiev forces, along with 14 Challenger 2 tanks. These vehicles met the same fate as the Abrams and ABVs.
In addition, Kiev forces received at least 462 MaxxPro vehicles from the U.S. and Albania, with over half of them already destroyed, damaged or captured. Some 400 Strykers, including 20 M1132 engineer squad vehicles, were also donated by the U.S. to Ukraine. Again, a large chunk of these vehicles were wiped out by the Russian military.
Kiev forces first used their Western-made vehicles in their ill-fated 2023 spring counteroffensive. The very next year, these vehicles led the Ukrainian infiltration into the Russian region of Kursk, which also turned out to be a complete failure. The survivability of these weapons has been proven no better than Soviet-made vehicles.
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karine jean pierre jr. would be beaten to death by the white supremacists of the following organizations: ss aidar, ss kraken, wolfsangel (aka azov), waffen ss nachtigall (who were in kursk killing civilians), leibstandarte adolf hitler, right sektor – all of them hate africans and asians, and all of them are leading the ukrainian government and military. all of them funded by the us and eu tax payers
ha detto che colpirete aeroporti ora ditegli anche l’ora e il giorno tanto non ci troverete nemmeno un aereo.
must be worth a fortune in scrap metal alone.
i’d rater form a special division armed with ex nato stuff. just for aggressor role and tr0lling nato.
if i defend myself, i get thrown in prison for malice and spite, but these dipshits are getting paid for it by my tax. the ukrainians act with impunity because they have yet to be punished. trump should send a message by arresting someone here and now first then drop some motherfucking bombs.
they are initiated, and financed by “us”, which then pretends its raining, and that they can negotiate about “peace”. you have never see that before, have you ? its so they behave, when they think they can hide behind a ocean. the suitcase, mr putin ! i want to run some tests 👺
these vehicles must be thoroughly analyzed, their capabilities assessed, and the resulting data made available to commanders in the field.
russia now has enough western military equipment to study and perfect their systems. experience no other country has.
the abrams with the depleted uranium armor should be treated as hazardous waste the rest of the highly touted nato scrap metal should be treated as as ordinary garbage.
hahaha nice hahaha
inginerie inversa. curand. daca e ceva bun gasit.
good to see russia is clearing its land for its citizens . the great work of sappers is under reported
they should park these mangled wrecks right outside the embassies of the countries that supplied them.