A video with a column of Emirati Panthera T6 armored vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces heading towards Artemivsk appeared on the web. The date and time of the shooting have not been specified.
According to known information, these armored vehicles were in service with the newly formed 47th and 88th separate mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This suggests that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are even deploying their strategic reserves near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) .
The arrival of the Panthera T6 units became known in December last year. Then they were noticed as part of a railway echelon. At the moment there is no exact data on who sent the armored vehicles to the Ukrainian side. Kiev sources say the cars were handed over “privately”.
The Panthera T6 is manufactured in the United Arab Emirates by Minerva Special Purpose Vehicles. These armored vehicles in a newer version were considered part of the pro-Turkish jihadist group Ahrar al-Sham (banned in the territory of the Russian Federation) in Syria.
Earlier, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said that the United States is forcing European countries to spend a lot of money to maintain the Ukrainian army, while they themselves bear much lower costs. According to him, the Americans are only in twelfth place in terms of the cost of maintaining the Kiev regime.
