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| Russian soldier reports a second Abrams destroyed near Avdievka |
| 2024-03-02 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] On February 26, fighters from the Center group knocked out two American Abrams tanks in the Avdiivka direction, the commander of the UAV reconnaissance and strike group with the call sign Kolovrat reported on March 1. “It was that day (February 26), some time later. We can’t say by distance, but we flew quite far. We were flying and saw a column of smoke; the tank was moving at medium speed. At first they didn’t understand what kind of technology it was. When we got closer, we made sure what kind of tank it was. They hit him closer to the tower from above. Then, when we reviewed the material, we became convinced that this was another Abrams,” said Kolovrat, as quoted by RIA Novosti. He did not talk about whether the Ukrainian Armed Forces crew survived, since at that moment there was no objective control from a reconnaissance drone. But the Russian military retained video footage from the goggles of an FPV drone operator with the call sign Rassvet. Kolovrat also clarified that during the battle on February 26, they knocked out several more units of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the serviceman did not disclose the exact numbers. “(Abrams) drove for two hours, fought for 20 minutes and took four minutes to burn this enemy. On this day, in addition to the tank, there was a lot of equipment and there was still a lot of work. The twenty-sixth of February is such a small red day on the calendar,” Kolovrat shared his opinion. A fighter with the call sign Rassvet, in turn, said that he and his comrades were not particularly surprised by the defeat of the American tank, since they assumed that NATO equipment would appear in this direction. Dawn clarified that the Abrams crew managed to escape, pulling one presumably wounded military man out of the Abrams. “It was just getting the job done, we were just working. There was no time to be surprised - they did their job,” he concluded. As reported by IA Regnum, on February 26 it became known that in the Avdeevsky direction the Russian Armed Forces for the first time knocked out an American M1 Abrams tank. The Russian military destroyed it in the Avdeevka area (DPR). On February 27, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, confirmed the destruction of the American tank. The Pentagon chose not to comment on reports about the Abrams tank destroyed in the special operation zone. A representative of the American military department said that this issue is within the competence of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A Russian military man with the call sign Dawn will receive 10 million rubles for destroying a tank, said actor Ivan Okhlobystin. In January last year, the actor said that for every damaged American Abrams tank, Russian businessmen are ready to pay a reward of 10 million rubles. It also became known that the Abrams was shot down by the Ulyanovsk FPV drone “Piranha”. A representative of the Simbirsk Design Bureau (SKB) said that Piranha stands out among its analogues due to the unique frequencies at which it operates. According to him, no one has video transmitters on this frequency, and during testing with electronic warfare equipment, this drone was the only one that could not be suppressed. Related: Abrams tanks: 2024-03-01 'New Avdievka will happen.' At what line of defense will the Ukrainian Armed Forces be able to hold out? Abrams tanks: 2024-02-29 Abrams tank in the Special Military zone was knocked out by an Ulyanovsk FPV drone 'Piranha' Abrams tanks: 2024-02-26 Current information on the situation on the front line: February 25 (updated) |
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