British tanks taking part in Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Region – Sky News
Ukrainian forces are using British Challenger 2 main battle tanks inside Russia’s Kursk Region, Sky News reported on Thursday. | The UK government has donated 14 of its main battle tanks, and encouraged other NATO nations to provide their heavy weapons after the move was announced in January 2023. They were delivered to Ukraine’s 82nd Air Assault Brigade, but were mostly kept in reserve, after some were destroyed by Russian drones and artillery during Kiev’s attempted counteroffensive later that year. ● The 82th is one of the Ukrainian units currently participating in the incursion into Russia. Sky News said the expeditionary force has deployed some of the Challenger 2 tanks, citing an anonymous source. The outlet offered no further details on the use of British armor on Russian soil. ● On Wednesday, a Russian military-focused Telegram channel claimed that a video of a drone attack on a Ukrainian tank released earlier by another outlet shows the destruction of a Challenger 2. [...] The US and its allies have claimed that they did not have advance knowledge of the Ukrainian offensive into Russia, but expressed their support for it and the use of their weapons. Britain’s Labour government stressed this week that its policy on donated arms does not differ from that of the former Conservative government.
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