Battle tanks are playing a key role in the Ukraine war. Both sides are using armoured units in their advance.
Western countries have promised and supplied Ukraine with modern tanks to help in its counteroffensive against Russia.
But, the majority of Ukraine’s own tanks are from the old soviet-era and require regular maintenance.
Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig joined a tank unit in Eastern Ukraine.
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Nearly a third of the Bradley armored vehicles the U.S. provided Ukraine may have already been lost or damaged. – Business Insider. The U.S. has provided Ukraine with at least 100 Bradley armored personnel carriers. Open-source data indicates that 34 of them have now been abandoned, damaged, or destroyed. Most losses appear to have occurred in the early days of Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
The Ukrainian military lost 20% of the equipment it sent to the battlefield during the first two weeks of its counteroffensive, the New York Times reported on Saturday. This high attrition rate was reportedly a key factor in Kiev’s decision to pause the operation.
Crimea invasion would kill 200,000 Ukrainian soldiers – ex-Zelensky aide.
Kiev is “totally dependent” on the West and cannot take back territory through military means, Aleksey Arestovich has said.
There are “few prospects” of seizing the Crimean Peninsula through military means, Arestovich said, when discussing the options remaining to Kiev in its ongoing conflict with Moscow. “What will be the cost? Extermination of 200,000 of the adult male population?” he added, referring to the number of soldiers Ukraine would be likely to lose. Ukraine’s economy might also be “totally destroyed” in the process, he warned.
Kiev is already “totally dependent” on its Western backers, the former presidential adviser admitted. Should the US and its allies stop supplying Ukrainian troops with weapons, they would not only be unable to take back territories that had joined Russia, but would also struggle to defend their current positions, he said.
How about 240k Russia casualties so you think Russia is winning it’s already 4k Battle tanks of Russia destroy inside Ukraine let’s face it Russia is slowly losing.
So, you know more than those fighting in the battlefield 😂. Time to stop getting brainwashed by Russian media and military bloggers. Just few days only passed, the Russian military almost collapsed and Putin almost captured. All these indicated Russian troops are not doing well in Ukraine and losing personnel at an alarming rate 🤣 wake up buddy 🤣
If the west were to abandon UKRAINE. Russia would not only keep the territories taken since 2014 . Russia would continue until all of Ukraine is under Russian rule .The Russian people would demand UKRAINE pay a price for what they have done to Russia . UKRAINE IS FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO EXIST AND NOT GENOCIDE.
SLAVA UKRAINE.
Where?russian tv 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@jorge valterclearly this is being talked about by Ukrainian officials themselves
Zelensky himself said they haven’t made it to the first ring of Russian defense…so what’s your response to that? Let’s hear it
What is russia doing they are now defending what kind of super power is that. Also they have completely disappeared from world politics.
Qatari government should send 100 billions of dollar to Ukraine or 1 trillion dollar
You idiot while Yemenis are starving!!
They already did ask any American family
School kids counting.
The people selling weapons in this war are the people who should pay for the rebuild
@Chris M USA company BlackRock will do this
now Ukrainians are saying russian tanks are better…lmao…NATO Tanks only perform on Hollywood movies.
@Siriro Mashoro Not based on the evidence of the last few decades….
Try reality FFS….
@Mr ThapaEven the sand people in slippers have sucessfully destroyed Leopards in Syria thanks to Rus weapons 🤣
@SlavicEmperor No tank is invulnerable. Grow up.
@45641560456405640563
Russian tank destroyed= ,,lmao such a terrible tank”
Western tank destroyed= ,,No tank is invincible”
Lol cope.
@SlavicEmperor Being deliberately wrong for the sake of being different isn’t a good idea.
Again: Grow up.
In other news: water is wet
Show that there old tanks are better
Probably easier for them to work on them as they already had them in service before the fighting broke out.
russian trait is easy to operate and maintenance…those two alone is a messiah for soldier in a war where logistic and other resources are in chaos….
Gonna be tough going for Ukraine…..
Though going for Russia too.
It was to be a 2 week war to take kiev
@Don Babilio👈🤡
How stupid u got to be to beleive americas economy rest in the back yard shade tree tank being worked on by what looks like thugs.. ur war is so fake 😂😂😂😂
Not just tanks and infantry vehicles are needed; aviation superiority must be a top priority. The first wave of tank supplies wouldn’t be enough as the enemy has built massive defenses and huge stocks of ammunition and land mines all over the place. Artillery should have a large stock file for breaking some enemy positions on the front lines before sending troops. Slava Ukraine
tanks in civilian areas makes the latter legitimate target.
thanks for sharing the evidence of the uкrо-паzi terrorist tactics!
uкrо-паzi regime shall and will be defeated as well as their western propaganda bullhorns and supporters! and this will and must end soon!!
Ukraine has received 500 billion in military hardware and yet they still have minimal gains. At some point it is not the lack of weaponry, its the lack of competency.
Well done Ukraine! Kaputin is in deep trouble. May St Francis of Assisi, St Clare of Assisi and Blessed Carlo Acutis who is buried at Assisi, intercede with the Almighty for an end to this terrible war and for a just peace for Ukraine – no more aggression from Russia, ever! Carlo was born in 1991 – a significant date for Ukraine. May the Archangel Michael and his angels drive out the demons of war from the Kremlin and Russia
What about the Russian side? We ran away from Western media due to their lies and now you turning into one. Bring back your former female presenter
Whatfor? Russia´s winning 500 days in a row and has destroyed the entire ukrainian military several times over. Russian news= invent whatever you want.
Want to help the murderers ? Buy Russian oil and buy FAKE IN CHINA.
Ukraine was giving a lot of military supplies but no achievements so far, Ukraine’s backers were exhausted to do more and in return, the collective West needs a goal that’s retaking all territory from Russian.
Keep dreaming dude… this war is UNWINNABLE for Ukraine. They started this War when they kept deliberately breaking Peace Treaties with The Russian Federation. I have zero sympathy for them
Dont forget: also to rape Putin
U either xenophobic hiv infested sourh Africans or a russian to think that
Well, true but then again… any attack will require more weapons, more people and more DEATHS than the part defending an area. Russia & Wagner were given a LOT of equipment to take Bakhmut… they took it after some 7-8 months, gaining 10-20 meters a day, loosing estimated 20.000 soldiers, vehikles and equipment. in this scenario, Russia had bigger amount of artillery, superior airpower, more and more modern missiles, and still very slow advancement.
When Ukraine now tries to attack Russian defense positions, Ukraine lack air power… Russia have had time to mine the roads and fields, dig trenches, and prepare. Ukraine could attack, but it would most likely loose a lot of lives like Russia lost near Bakhmut.
Ukraine is now waiting for more weapons (including Himars, vehicles, long range missiles, and cluster bombs, and more anti-aircraft capabilities).
It will take LONG until Ukraine have F-16 so i think they will try to attack without them.
@Pjotr II Dunno, maybe. If a highly trained team enters the kreml and rapes Putin, I am convinced the war ends. I don’t think his psyche is though enough to handle the trauma of being raped
Even if Ukraine is given nukes, they still will not win. Its a battle of attrition.
we saw so called western high tech tanks burning ukraine and the west have lost this war
I hope typing that out was soothing.
That’s a very interesting story, dear little one. And then what happened next?
Daydream is the best time to recreate 🤣
@45641560456405640563 it must be burning for you since you replied
@Frank Renda No, I just like bursting the bubble of idiots.
Where’s the Abram tanks??
Their crews are being trained up.
What a sad world we live in, brothers fighting each other because of a different ideology. Ukraine, like other Soviet states wants to be free but Devil Russia wants to imprison them. I mean just look at all Soviet ex countries. Only Belarus sticks with Russia, the rest moved away.
tanks in civilian areas makes the latter legitimate target.
thanks for sharing the evidence of the uкrо-паzi terrorist tactics!
uкrо-паzi regime shall and will be defeated as well as their western propaganda bullhorns and supporters! and this will and must end soon!!
russia can end it and de-occupy Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Chechnia….
Seeing unclaimed Russian soldiers dead body strewn across the streets and fields deeply saddened me as I ask myself, why are they there in the first place. Who are they fighting to liberate? Is their death worth anything? No answers. It seems the occupiers are in Ukraine just because they need to send money back home. So, sad
Enlighten yourself those are Uke kids
@Simon Rajanyeah but these clowns have no shame
GOD bless Russia,Glory to Russia in jesus mighty name Amen,the cause and foundations of the war is Italy and France Paris and,America,Napolitano,Napoli,Taranto,Torino,sardinia,Rome “:;,?,;;;;,,
Cause of the war is the Woke community.
Break away like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand,
like a bird from the hand of tarantula.
Love ❤️ Russian soldiers 🇷🇺👍
The way these soldiers are whispering with fear, talking about not letting the Russians know where they are, tells you how this supposed counter-offensive will end.
Another demand for tanks and weapons?? How many more tanks, artillery, missiles, fighter jets, drones, etc. are enough to “defeat” Russia?
Ukraine and its Western sponsors should wave the white flag and seek negotiations. You can’t defeat Russia. You can’t out suffer Russia. It’s impossible, and anyone who urges you on, no matter the arms, ammunition, and financial support, only seeks your demise. For if they so it It’s possible to defeat Russia, they would have joined in with boots on the ground. THINK!!
What advance?
Glory to Ukraine!
Top military adviser: You need to withdraw your troops from Bakhmut. The situation is untenable.
Zelensky: I disagree. If Rambo could destroy an entire Soviet army, why can’t our brave troops win in Bakhmut? They watched all the Rambo movies, they know how to do it.
Top military adviser: They know how to do what? They know how to act?
Zelensky: Listen, I used to act as a president in “Servant of the People”. I know what I’m doing.,
the Russian war of aggression is not gonna wind up well, the losses of invaders exceeds 237680, Putin’s core objectives remain ZERO
the second largest military mission in the world has been beaten, the way no army has ever been beaten before
Kyiv stands free
Kyiv stands tall
Ukraine’s culture 🕊️ ❤️ stands proud 🦚🗽🕯️
LOL. If that were true Ukraine would have their land back. But they don’t.
@Christopher Jacobs Only Russians are big enough losers to think a successful invasion is not losing much land.
@Christopher Jacobs your assessment is flawed at present time, it’s driven by random nationalist feelings, things you say ain’t driven by science and accurate analysis of war, it lacks facts on the ground which indicates Russia alone can’t sustain this huge losses in lives and military equipements and to deal with the international economic sanctions !
in other words Putin’s stepped on a personal mine and it’s activited, even if he steady stood still on top of it for the next six months, this would only prolongs his suffering and he won’t be the same again, and removing feet will also come with a heavy weight and severe consequences
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Near the front line, not at it, but firing. The Hollywood actors in action.
They should improvise in putting rollers in front of the tank so that they will not be destroyed by land mines. The technology is very simple. They don’t have to beg everything from the West.
спасибо за ценную информацию что бы мы без тебя делали
идиот😂
Always counter noting has change
See Col Douglas Macgregor and Alexander Mercouris
Kremlin hacks.
Why where is the challenger and leapords..😂😂
the challenger was more of a political gimmick.. Leopards have mostly been destroyed. Remaining units were pulled back.. American bradleys were the worst performers… Ukraine is changing tactics – more of a guerilla warfare now
Ukro troops are just cannon fodder, recruits are being seized on the streets, in shops and bus stations, packed into military vehicles and being dispatched to front line with minimum or no training, lacking weapons and ammo. But evil jewish narco clown Zele is pressing with the failed counter offensive on orders from NATO and US to fight to the last Ukrainian.
Russia’s invasion has been a failure.
NATO is suffering from delusions of grandeur
By helping stop the Russian military by just sending weapons and funds?
It was Ukraine that kept deliberately breaking Peace Treaties with The Russian Federation (2014, 2015, & 2022) although Western media will have you believing otherwise.
What happened to the tanks they got from germany and the US?
Maybe destroyed
Ukraine needs nuclear bomb, nato should realise that
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The two sides are not evenly matched. On one side West proxy war is being waged with support of all Nato nations with not only hardware but massive funds and foriegn mercenaries, while on the other side it is Russian army with unprecedented sanctions. Zelesnky should stop this BS and negotiate and end this war.
I remember when my father was fighting the Americans in Vietnam.. north Vietnamese were taking terrible loses..and America was using agent orange🍊..my father kept..saying what’s the worst that is going to happen.. we cross the border and go into exile in communist china were chairman Mao’ will welcome us with open hands.. IF SOUTH VIETNAMESE AND THEIR ALLIES AMERICA LOSES THEY WILL BE PUSHED INTO THE CHINA SEA 🌊🇨🇳..
That is what happens when you elect Comedian as a president, they lost everything😡🤡
Joe Biden izbori Sjedinjene Američke Države SAD 2023 2024
Ukraine now has more modern tanks than Russia
Illya is such a handsome young man. I hope him and his team come out of this war strong leaders. And get a big fat bucket of poonani.
What advances lmao
The longer the war lasts, the more people are killed.
All Western supplied Tanks have been destroyed by Russian Ka-52 Alligator killer helicopters and Lancet drones!
When the Abrams tanks finally arrive, the war is over. With a jet propulsion engine, it will simply run over, fly over any obstacle in its way.
😂🤣
Ah yes their advance. Like advancing on a treadmil