Russian soldiers have apparently recorded a video in which one of them mockingly thanks US President Joe Biden for supplying Kiev with Abrams tanks and giving the troops the opportunity to earn some extra cash for destroying them. This comes amid reports of several US-made heavy armor pieces being destroyed in …
Read More »German arms giant to repair tanks in Ukraine
A repair facility for Leopard 2 tanks and other German-made hardware supplied to Kiev by the West for use in its conflict with Moscow will commence operations in Ukraine after this summer, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger has said. “We want to start operations after the summer break,” Papperger told Der …
Read More »Ukrainian tanks fueled by Russian oil – German media
Ukraine uses Russian oil refined in Hungary and Türkiye to power its Western-supplied tanks and diesel generators, the German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Monday. Hungary’s oil and gas giant MOL has “doubled its sales to Ukraine in the past six months,” the business daily noted, citing Ukrainian customs officials. “Since …
Read More »Four more Ukrainian Leopard 2 tanks destroyed – Moscow
The Russian military has destroyed nine Ukrainian tanks, including four German-made Leopard 2s, as it successfully repelled attempts to advance by Kiev’s forces, the Ministry of Defense has claimed. Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine has “continued fruitless attempts to carry out offensive operations” in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region, in the south of …
Read More »German media and think tanks ‘alarmed’ over RT’s influence
Russia is gaining clout over German public opinion, the tabloid Bild reported on Monday, adding that RT’s German-language news service, RT DE, is playing a central role in this process. Germans appear to be particularly susceptible to what Bild described as Moscow’s “propaganda,” the newspaper said, adding that experts in …
Read More »West lacks operational tanks for Kiev – UK defense secretary
After pledging to supply Ukraine with modern heavy tanks, many Western nations have now discovered that a significant part of their weaponry is not fit to take part in any conflict, The UK’s Secretary of Defence Ben Wallace has said. In a Saturday interview with Der Spiegel, Wallace noted that …
Read More »Leopard tanks will burn – Wagner head to RT
Russian forces could capture Artyomovsk, referred to as Bakhmut in Ukraine, sometime in March or April, Evgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner private military group, said in an interview with RT on Wednesday. Prigozhin noted, however, that the timing is difficult to predict because Kiev continues to receive military …
Read More »Abrams tanks might be poor fit for Ukraine – FT
The M1 Abrams tanks that Washington recently promised to Ukraine might end up being a liability rather than a boost to Kiev’s war effort, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Such a view is explained by the armor’s overcomplicated logistics and maintenance needs. The 70-tonne tank has a gas turbine …
Read More »US provided ‘cover’ for Scholz on tanks – WaPo
The US devised a plan to commit M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine in order to provide “cover” for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was reluctant to send the country’s own tanks to help Kiev, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing more than a dozen people familiar with the matter. …
Read More »NATO’s best tanks are going to Ukraine, what will it mean on the battlefield?
Tank supplies to Ukraine from NATO members is the top news story this week. Kiev has been calling for these weapons from its western sponsors since the beginning of the Russian offensive, and it looks like now, eleven months into the fighting, these demands are being met. The US has …
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