This is the moment Russia reportedly incinerated “one of the world’s most sophisticated tanks” deployed by Ukraine.
Footage circulating on wartime Telegram channels shows armored vehicles on fire near the frontline city of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region.
Military bloggers boasted that this is one of 31 M1 Abrams tanks that Joe Biden will send to Ukraine in 2022.
The Ukrainian military has not yet commented on the claim, but if confirmed, it would be the first time such a vehicle has been destroyed since the beginning of a full-scale invasion.
“The first one has disappeared,” Russian news outlet Mash reported. His famous American M1 Abrams was shot down in the direction of Avdiivka. ”
Earlier, tank movements were reportedly seen in Berdych, about a mile from Russian military positions in the Donetsk region.
It was a year ago that Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin pledged to pay £86,000 for the destruction of Western tanks.
“Representatives of large Russian companies have authorized me to announce the allocation of a bonus of 10 million rubles to the Abrams,” the propagandist wrote on social media, without naming the companies. .
The Moskovsky Komsomolets news agency reported that “the first Abrams near Avdiivka was burned by a brave group of black light cavalry.”
“Soldiers of the 15th Brigade attacked the tank with kamikaze drones and finished it off with a grenade launcher.”
A video of the vehicle engulfed in flames was published by the Solovyov Live Telegram channel, one of the Kremlin’s top propagandists.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it was liberated when Russian forces captured the Ukrainian village of Lastochkine, about 5 kilometers northwest of Avdiivka.
Ukrainian forces announced early Monday that they had withdrawn from eastern villages, saying the move would help more effectively stop Russian forces from advancing westward.
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