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According to the Head of the Ministry of Defense, after a powerful repel in Ukra...

Challenger, Stryker and Marder: Western armor was armed with the Armed Forces - Reznikov

According to the Head of the Ministry of Defense, after a powerful repel in Ukraine with the support of Western weapons, the Russians changed the paradigm from the second army of the world to "go to defense". The landing troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received Western armored vehicles. In particular, the British Challenger 2 tanks, as well as American armored vehicles Stryker, Cougar and German Marder BMP.

On Monday, March 27, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov announced on his Facebook page. "Today, he was honored with the commander of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Major General Maxim Maxim Mike Mike and our paratroopers to run new replenishment in our reinforced units. Challenger 'from Britain, Stryker'ov & Cougar'ov from the United States and Marder' from Germany" , - Reznikov wrote.

According to the head of the defense department, a year ago, no one would think that Kiev will receive such powerful support from Western countries. However, during the year, Ukraine has shown that it is able to win this war. "In their heads, they have already changed the paradigm from" We are the Second Army of the World and we will win you in three days "to" we need to go to defense. Borders, internationally recognized in 1991, "Reznikov said.

According to the Minister of Defense, soon the Russians will feel the superiority of new armored vehicles on the battlefield. We will remind, on March 27 it became known that the Ukrainian military in the United Kingdom successfully completed the training program on Challenger Tanks 2. The Ukrainian military has undergone a special instruction on how to command, drive, and determine the enemy goal, then affect it.

Earlier, on March 21, the Deputy Defense Minister Annnabel Goldy said the Armed Forces will receive shells with a depleted Uranus, designed for Challenger Tanks 2. Such ammunition has a high level of efficiency in the destruction of modern tanks and armored vehicles. Also we will remind, on March 18, the UK Ministry of Defense showed how the Ukrainian soldiers were trained on Challenger tanks 2. In total, 4 separate courses were held according to the specialization of each tank crew member.