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German-made Ukrainian tank falls victim to trench warfare (VIDEOS) | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Videos likely shot by Kiev’s forces show a Leopard 2 tank seemingly immobilized in rough terrain | |
One of the German main battle tanks that Kiev received from Western nations ahead of its counteroffensive against Russia, has been evidently stopped by tough terrain, rather than enemy fire. | |
The armored vehicle is shown in two videos circulating in social media, apparently shot by Ukrainian troops, judging by their equipment and friend-or-foe identification. | |
The exact location remains unclear, though there are unverified claims that it was in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region, which Ukraine claims and seeks to capture. | |
One short clip was filmed from inside a Western-made armored car and shows the tank without any visible signs of damage tilted to the left, its track apparently sunk deep in mud. | |
Another expletive-laden post features a bunch of soldiers inspecting the same armor up close, and sheds some light on the cause of the predicament. | |
A system of trenches, some of them covered, is revealed. The tank had apparently crashed through the roof of one of them. A shovel, which may have been used in an attempt to extract the tank from the mud, can also be seen next to the vehicle. | |
WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE IN RUSSIAN | WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE IN RUSSIAN |
Kiev received Western tanks to beef up its military ahead of its long-promised counteroffensive against Russia, which it launched this month. Moscow claims its troops have taken out 13 German-made battle tanks in the first two weeks of the Ukrainian attack. |
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