New video footage shared by the Ukrainian military on social media shows what they are still finding on the side of the road, in this case two Russian T-80BV tanks abandoned by Russian tankers, although they appear to be in perfect condition.

The T-80 tanks were left by the Russian military, although they do not appear to have any damagePhoto: video shooting

Military analyst Rob Lee of the Foreign Policy Research Institute notes that the tanks were captured in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, although it is unclear whether they were obtained by the Ukrainian military during the offensive that broke through the Russian front there or more recently. fights

The predecessor of the T-90 model, the most modern in the Russian army, the T-80 tank is a second-generation main battle tank that entered service with the Soviet armed forces in the mid-1970s, the last example was produced in 2001. .

Numerous photos of combat vehicles captured by the Ukrainians following the Kharkiv offensive have surfaced on social media, with some of the armored vehicles and tanks appearing to be in at least as good condition as the two seen in the current video.

It is unclear whether the Russian military abandoned them because of a lack of fuel or because they feared the vehicles would be easy targets for Ukrainian unmanned artillery.

Ukrainians call Russia the main supplier of weapons

Other photos and videos released by the Ukrainian armed forces earlier in September also showed that Kyiv soldiers managed to capture for the first time a T-90M tank, considered the “pride” of the Russian arms industry.

Also in September, the Ukrainian army also captured a T-62 tank, one of the “dinosaurs” of the Russian army, although it appears to be more suited to the role of semi-mobile artillery than to frontline offensive operations.

Several Ukrainian military personnel who have given interviews to local and international media have joked for months that the Russian military is Ukraine’s main arms supplier, given the large number of captured vehicles and other equipment.

Some Ukrainian officials also made such statements.

Just a day after releasing images of a state-of-the-art Russian tank in their possession, the Kyiv military released other photos that also show the capture of an equally advanced command and observation vehicle intended for use by Russian rocket launcher systems.

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