British-made Challenger 2 tank hit in Ukraine

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Also: Ukraine war: British-made Challenger 2 tank destroyed in Ukraine - officials (Sky News)

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Source: BBC

British Challenger 2 tank hit in Ukraine

5 September 2023

By Thomas Spencer & Alex Murray
BBC Verify

A video shared on social media and analysed by BBC Verify shows a badly-damaged British-made tank.

A Western defence source confirmed to the BBC the footage shows a Challenger 2 tank and that all crew survived.

It is the first verified sighting of a Challenger 2 on the frontline since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

The footage - which shows smoke pouring from the vehicle - follows claims from Ukrainian officials that its forces have breached the first Russian defensive lines in southern Ukraine.

BBC Verify has not confirmed precisely where or when the incident took place.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66716788

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Source: Sky News

Ukraine war: British-made Challenger 2 tank destroyed in Ukraine - officials

A defence source tells Sky News the tank was destroyed on Monday, and all crew members survived, adding it is thought to be the first of its kind to be disabled on the battlefield.

Tuesday 5 September 2023 16:11, UK

Russian forces have destroyed a British-made tank on the battlefield in Ukraine, Kremlin officials have said.

A video posted on Telegram shows the wreckage of a Challenger 2 tank, which a Kremlin-backed official said was set alight in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, in Robotyne.

Vladimir Rogov, a Russian-installed official, said the vehicle was being used by Ukraine's 82nd brigade and was heading for Crimea.

He added it was destroyed on the first line of the Russian defence.

Mr Rogov's assertions have not been verified by Sky News.

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Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-british-made-challenger-2-tank-destroyed-in-ukraine-officials-12955559

[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. Trench warfare rerurn, it's horrible how little humanity has advanced in taming violence.

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2. All Putin has to do is order a withdrawal, and it's so much violence ends.

The violence and death he has wrought is terrible, indeed!

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3. Every day is a day closer to Putin's eventual failure.

Bastard's just making it worse on himself, and more critically, forcing his country to endure horrors I'd think they'd otherwise want to wash their hands of.