Ukraine rolls out Leopard tanks in defense strategy
Ukraine has deployed Leopard tanks to fortify its defensive positions in Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts as the counteroffensive concludes for the year.
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Ukraine has deployed Leopard tanks to fortify its defensive positions in Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts as the counteroffensive concludes for the year.
The Washington Post published a long article about the counteroffensive, according to which Ukraine did not gain much, as things did not go according to plan at first. Thus, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, had to change his tactics despite US officials' advice.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi had to abandon the original plan for the summer counteroffensive within four days of the operation, the Washington Post reported on Dec. 4, citing senior officials familiar with the matter.
The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 125,000 people and 16,000 units of weapons over the six-month counteroffensive, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost the first Leopard 1A5 tank provided by Germany, according to the US business magazine Forbes.