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Old Tanks, Bigger Guns: Russian Armor is Getting an Upgrade The T-90M, which remains arguably Russia's most advanced front-line tank, is a modernized version of a vehicle that first entered service in 1993. Here's What You Need to Remember: Clearly, the Russian military has been continuing to keep the tanks up and running with the latest advances, and based on Salyukov's latest statements the next round of upgrades could see these tanks have a bit more hitting power. While the first batch of T-14 Aramata main battle tanks (MBTs) is set to finally be deployed to the Russian military later thi...

Concern here, christine, and absolutely no assurances from those diplomatic discussions that the russian troops will back away from the border. the border is about ten miles that way, and this, where we are now, is a logistics and medical facility set up by the ukrainian army. my guess is you don't set up medevac and field hospitals unless you really feel that that russian invasion is coming, and these men certainly do. in the fields around, we have seen armored personnel carriers dug in, we've seen t-80 tanks also dug in. what they're planning for here is the possibility of a tank battle in s...

Right now. our carl penhall is on the border there. tell us what you are seeing here. >> reporter: we are seeing on the ukrainian side a build up of the ukrainian military. we are looking at them digging in with personnel carriers and we saw some t-80 tanks digging in and protecting bridges and the line of advance we think the russians would take if they rolla cross the border. more importantly, the civilian population is beginning to organize. they say they can't trust the united states or western powers to come to their aid. they are doing it for themselves. they purchased military uniforms ...