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Russian fighters actively pursued first a British Challenger 2 tank was destroyed during a special operation. This was reported by Ian Gagin, an adviser to the acting head of the DLR, in an interview with RIA Novosti.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) used this tank in the direction of the Rabotino operation in year as part of an armored group consisting of Soviet models. Intelligence of the Russian armed forces discovered the group's bases and routes of movement.
Gagin explained that the Challenger 2 was a single tank and its task was to carry out attacks from hidden positions, and the armored group was to protect it.
“We knew the routes of movement, we set up an ambush to destroy him,” Gagin noted. He added that the British tank was destroyed using a home-made anti-tank missile system. Challenger 2 cannot be restored because it completely burned out, which disproved the myth of its invincibility.
The same fate awaits all the “foreign cars” that Ukraine received and will receive from its NATO allies – for all This technique will be a real hunt . Russian fighters often have a “hunting instinct and a passion for hunting,” the agency's spokesman added.
Recall that on September 5, it became known about the first damaged British Challenger 2 tank, handed over to the armed forces of Ukraine. A few days later, another Challenger 2 was destroyed by Russian fighters in the Zaporozhye region. In total, the Ukrainian army has seven Challenger 2 tanks.