2023-07-03 12:13:09
The Ukrainian army is apparently recovering some of the 25 or so western-made tanks, combat vehicles and technical vehicles it left behind following a Russian attack near the village of Mala Tokmachka in south-eastern Ukraine in early June. That reports that „Forbes“-Store.
The salvage work is also in a video to see that a Ukrainian technical team published on Twitter. It shows soldiers working on the heavy equipment.
To the „Forbes“-The video was reportedly an indication that Ukrainian forces had advanced far enough along the axis from Mala Tokmachka through Robotyne to Tokmak. Only that makes the salvage possible at all.
The Russian attack on the 47th Brigade’s tank column took place on June 8 in the Zaporizhia region. The Ukraine had left behind, among other things, Leopard 2A6 tanks and US Bradley M2 infantry fighting vehicles, as the Twitter account Oryx had reported. According to Forbes, however, the losses were even higher than assumed at the time.
The former Italian soldier and military expert Thomas C. Theiner had suspected an “ambush by Russian attack helicopters and Russian anti-tank defense” to be behind the attack in June. The anti-tank defense had hidden in rows of trees. In addition, the column was “hit by drone-supported artillery fire”.
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The fact that the Ukrainian armed forces have now returned to recover the tanks is an indication that they believe it is possible to repair the combat vehicles, the writes „Forbes“-Store.
How many Western-made tanks Ukraine has already lost in total is unclear. According to the Telegram channel of the military blog btvt.info, Ukraine lost 17 M-2 troop vehicles, four Leopard 2A6 tanks, three Leopard 2R mine clearance vehicles and one Wisent armored engineer vehicle in the June incident alone. (Tsp)
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