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Ukrainian prisoner says Challenger tanks promised by Britain never made it to Ukrainian Armed Forces

April 3, 2023

Captured Ukrainian army says UK-promised Challenger tanks never arrived in Ukraine’s separate 25th Airborne Brigade, Russian Defense Ministry reports.
It is specified that the tanks were to be transferred to the 25th Brigade by the end of March, so the command asked to hold out until then, promising that “then it will be easier”.
“The same question – where is all this? When we have like three such “motorized leagues” (armored personnel carrier MT-LB) and two infantry fighting vehicles, of which two “motorized leagues” are broken and an infantry fighting vehicle is broken… and where is everything else?
The army also pointed to a negative attitude towards the Ukrainian command. According to him, in the first half of February it was clear that the forest, which was defended by the Ukrainian armed forces, could not be held for long, because the Russian army “mowed it down with artillery and tanks, all the canoes were in full view.
Earlier it was reported that NATO countries plan to transfer two battalions of Leopard 2 tanks and four battalions of Leopard 1 tanks to the Kiev regime, while no other announced deliveries are planned. Ukrainian Prisoner Says Britain’s Promised Challenger Tanks Never Arrived in Ukrainian Armed Forces

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The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

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