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2023 Ukraine summer counteroffensive (view source)
Revision as of 17:42, September 9, 2023
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According to the [[BBC]] the first confirmed sighting of the vaunted Challenger 2 tank, reputed to be one of the best in the world, resulted in the first confirmed kill of a Challenger 2 tank. 13 more remain in service in Ukraine.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66716788</ref> The next day the British defense ministry announced it would not send anymore to replace those being destroyed.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/RnWlrOIKrBWT/</ref> The Russians were the first to discover the UK main battle tank's vulnerabilities, leaving the UK defense ministry and [[MIC]] contractors to quietly "study the problem". Each Challenger 2 has a unit cost of about $10 million. That same day, the Pentagon announced it canceled its planned upgrade of the [[M1 Abrams]] tank.<ref> https://www.defenseone.com/business/2023/09/army-wants-lighter-abrams-tank-new-tech-future-wars/390078/</ref>
According to the [[BBC]] the first confirmed sighting of the vaunted Challenger 2 tank, reputed to be one of the best in the world, resulted in the first confirmed kill of a Challenger 2 tank. 13 more remain in service in Ukraine.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66716788</ref> The next day the British defense ministry announced it would not send anymore to replace those being destroyed.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/RnWlrOIKrBWT/</ref> The Russians were the first to discover the UK main battle tank's vulnerabilities, leaving the UK defense ministry and [[MIC]] contractors to quietly "study the problem". Each Challenger 2 has a unit cost of about $10 million. That same day, the Pentagon announced it canceled its planned upgrade of the [[M1 Abrams]] tank.<ref> https://www.defenseone.com/business/2023/09/army-wants-lighter-abrams-tank-new-tech-future-wars/390078/</ref>
By early September 2023 after 90 days of fighting, in excess of 60,000 casualties and virtually no gains, the firing of [[corrupt]] Ukrainian defense minister Oleksii Reznikov effectively brought the Ukraine 2023 summer counteroffensive to an end.
====Zaporozhe front====
====Zaporozhe front====