The Russian Embassy in Washington announced Monday on Twitter its forces had “annihilated” eight German-made Leopard tanks, among the most advanced and powerful weapons NATO countries have provided to Ukraine. And the 21st Brigade still has 98 percent of its CV90s.WASHINGTON - A grainy black-and-white gunsight video Russia released this week to bolster a claim its military blew up some of Ukraine's most fearsome tanks actually documented the destruction of a tractor, according to a visual analysis by The Associated Press. The overall momentum still belongs to Kyiv. Ukrainian brigades are advancing along several axes in the south and around Bakhmut while Russian brigades are advancing along just one axis-the Kreminna axis. And it should come as no surprise that Ukraine’s Swedish brigade is losing vehicles.īut don’t mistake the forest for the trees. As recently as Friday, the Russians “made advances in certain areas” west of Kreminna, according to the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, D.C. The 21st Mechanized would try to hold the line around Kreminna while sister Ukrainian brigades attacked around Bakhmut and in the south. Russian forces around Kreminna, including elements of the 90th Guards Tank Division, were poised to attack with their hundreds of tanks and IFVs while most of the rest of the Russian army in Ukraine was shifting to the defensive. It made some sense for commanders in Kyiv to assign the 21st Brigade to the Kreminna sector, even though the sector was not a locus of the coming counteroffensive.
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