MOSCOW, January 5 The Armed Forces of Ukraine had to abandon Polish T-72 tanks due to the power of the Russian army, reports The Atlantic.
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"The Ukrainians value their T-72 tanks from Poland, and as the campaign progressed they decided not to use them in combat in advanced,” the material says.
As journalists noted, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to capture the positions of the Russian military with the help of tanks, but this turned out to be impossible, since the Russian Armed Forces hit them from all sides with appropriate weapons and artillery and air strikes.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on the December direct line, the West gave Ukraine everything it promised, and even more. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the enemy lost almost 160 thousand soldiers, 121 aircraft, 766 tanks, including 37 German Leopards, and over 2.3 thousand various armored vehicles, including 50 American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, during the counteroffensive. Shoigu noted that it is the fear of large losses that prevents the Ukrainian Armed Forces from using American Abrams tanks on the front line.