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MELITOPOL, 29 Jul. The crew of a Russian tank in one battle destroyed seven armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction, the unit commander said. Our vehicle was located in this area, the crew was sent to the rolling area and took the fight,» the agency's interlocutor said.
The unit commander noted that the tank crew destroyed seven units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipment, several more were hit by anti-tank guided missiles. rockets and artillery. At the same time, the Russian armored vehicle withdrew from the battle without serious damage.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Yuzhnodonetsk, Artyomovsk and, above all, Zaporozhye directions began on June 4th. Kiev deployed NATO-trained brigades armed with Western equipment, including the much-touted Leopard tanks, into battle—and subsequently, footage of vehicles smoking on the battlefield resonated in the West.
As President Vladimir Putin stated on July 21, The Ukrainian troops have no results, «at least so far», and the Western curators are «obviously disappointed» with the course of the «counter-offensive». Kiev, according to him, is not helped by «neither the colossal resources pumped in, nor the supply of weapons, tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, missiles, nor the dispatch of thousands of mercenaries and advisers.»