In January, British military intelligence reported that Russian forces in Ukraine were reluctant to accept the first tranche of the tanks due to their "poor condition." It also said that any deployment of the T-14 would likely be "a high-risk decision" for Russia, ...
The stalled and sputtering spectacle the Russian military is making of itself in Ukraine came as a revelation to General Frank McKenzie – and almost certainly to Vladimir Putin as well. "I am surprised at the problems they were having," McKenzie said. "It should be very concerning to ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia staged live-fire exercises with troops and tanks near the Ukrainian border on Tuesday while sounding a downbeat note over the prospects for talks with the United States that Washington hopes will remove the possible threat of an invasion of Ukraine. A ...
The Russian army has begun fielding T-62 main battle tanks in Ukraine. By modern standards, the tank is completely obsolete and will fare badly in Russia’s invasion. Ironically, the larger crew means the T-62 will increase Russian personnel losses in the long run.The...
Russia’s massive tank force was seen as one of its biggest tools in the invasion, but tanks have been bogged down, blocked and outright destroyed. The exact number is unknown–Ukraine claims to have destroyed more than 1,000–but at least 200 have been lost. Ukraine meanwhile has lost at...
Russia Denies Troops and Tanks Entering UkrainePavel PolityukAnton Zverev
Russia's lost about half of its best tanks in Ukraine war A Russian tank hit by an anti-tank missile in a field on Dec. 22, 2022, in Izyum, Ukraine. Pierre Crom | Getty Images Russia's estimated to have lost about half of its mightiest battle tanks in its unprovoked war against ...
BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments regarding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine: The Polish government has supplied Ukraine with "a sizable number" of Soviet era T-72 battle tanks and smaller batches of infantry fighting vehicles and drones, a presidentia...
Germany has faced criticism during the war for an apparent reluctance to send heavy weaponry to Ukraine. It eventually decided to send battle tanks to Kyiv in January, with the U.S. also pledging to send tanks. The U.K. was the first country to pledge tanks to Ukraine early on in the...
Their tanks, hulking and dark, cast long shadows on a thin layer of snow beside the railroad tracks that would carry them toward Ukraine. Yevgeny was too drunk with fatigue to think much about what would happen next.On Yevgeny’s second day at war, an officer leaned against his machine ...