Russia claims to have captured German ‘Leopard’ major battle tanks and US armored automobiles in Ukraine – Muricas News

The Authorities of Russia has assured this Tuesday that it has captured German tanks ‘Leopard’ and American armored automobiles ‘Bradley’ delivered to Ukraine to bolster its defenses in opposition to the Russian invasion, unleashed in February 2022, within the context of the combating within the Zaporizhia area.

The Russian Protection Ministry has revealed a video on Telegram the place you may see the automobiles, which it describes as “trophies”, earlier than stressing that they had been taken “in the course of the battle”. “It’s all Western-made gear. German ‘Leopard’ major battle tanks and American ‘Bradley’ armored assault automobiles,” he careworn.

“A number of the fight automobiles had their engines working, indicating that the combating was temporary and that the personnel within the automobiles fled,” the ministry careworn, marking the primary time that Moscow claims to have seized major battle tanks ‘Leopard’ since its supply to Kiev.

The assertion has been revealed throughout the framework of the upsurge in clashes in Zaporizhia and different areas within the east of the nation, within the midst of an anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive that has led Kiev to announce the seizure of seven cities over the last week of combating.