Ukraine has received 31 Abrams tanks from the United States, but it has already lost about 20 of them at the front," the Ukrainian media informs. How reports the press agency UNIAN, citing sources from Military Watch Magazine, these destructions occurred in the lasth 6 months.
Abrams Tank Losses
According to reports, during the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk Oblast, the M1A1 Abrams tank was destroyed. This is the first case of demolition of this kind of tank in this region. Abrams' tanks are mostly located in the Avdijiwka area, which is why this information is of peculiar interest.
According to the report, the tank was destroyed by a hand-held anti-tank rocket system, most likely a type. Kornet. This distinguishes this case from another incidents where Abrams were mostly destroyed by drones. UNION stresses that the full number of M1A1 Abrams tank losses in Ukraine is presently 20 out of 31 vehicles delivered. All these losses have occurred in the last six months, which puts the future supply of this kind of equipment from the US at question.
F-16 fighter losses
Last week Ukraine besides lost the first of its F-16 fighters. The authoritative confirmation of this failure appeared on Thursday in a communication from the Ukrainian General Staff.
During the repelling of Russian rocket attacks in the territory of Ukraine, F-16 Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters were utilized in conjunction with anti-aircraft rocket units. The Ukrainian F-16 proved to be highly effective by dropping 4 Russian maneuvering missiles. However, during the approach to the next target, 1 of the aircraft lost communications and later it turned out that the device crashed and the pilot was killed.
A peculiar committee of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine was appointed to analyse the causes of the disaster. According to the erstwhile information provided by The Wall Street Journal, during a massive Russian air attack on Ukraine on 26 August this year, 1 of F-16 fighters was lost. This information suggests that the origin of the disaster may have been the pilot's error, not the fire of Russian forces.
Agency for Reuters confirmed that the event took place last Monday, stressing that the F-16 was not shot down by the Russians. Later the station CNN reported that the killed pilot, Alexi Mes, was 1 of the best Ukrainian pilots, and the Ukrainian air force does not believe that the disaster occurred due to him. Service America's Holo He suggested that 1 possible reason may have been the accidental shooting down of F-16 by Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems, citing sources in Ukrainian air force. another versions considered are a pilot mistake or method failure of the aircraft.
Controversy and various versions of events
Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, Marian Bezuhl, from the defence committee, claims that according to her sources the F-16 was shot down by 1 of the systems Patriot the deficiency of coordination between the different branches. She besides accused Ukrainian armed forces of disseminating false information in reports, suggesting that the pilot allegedly "lost control" of the aircraft.
On Tuesday, Volodymyr Zelenski first confirmed that F-16 fighters were utilized to repel the Russian attack. He besides stressed that Alexey Mes was 1 of the faces of the Ukrainian run to get these machines.
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