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Video has emerged purporting to show the first instance of a destroyed British Challenger 2 tank near the frontline in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
A company (14) Challenger 2s were pledged to Ukraine in January this year, though they took several months to arrive.<\/p>\n
The decision sparked a wave of other main battle tank promises from Western allies. A further company was pledged in May.<\/p>\n
Little has been known about their whereabouts since but footage over the last month suggests they may have been used in the Robotyne attack in western Zaporizhzia Oblast, currently the hottest point along the 600-mile front line.<\/p>\n
Western-trained brigades, units of which appear to have been rolled into the counteroffensive in the past few weeks, are believed to be in possession of some of Challenger 2s.<\/p>\n
READ MORE <\/strong> Ukraine’s ‘masterful’ use of drones that humiliated Putin and devastated navy[REVEAL ] <\/strong><\/p>\n Pro-Russian military blogger channels on Telegram have made an assortment of claims regarding the footage. <\/span><\/p>\n The Military Informant channel said: \u201cIt seems that the British Ministry of Defence will have to change the description of the Challenger on its official website.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The site stated the UK\u2019s main battle tank had \u201cnever suffered losses\u201d on operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n But, as is the trend with videos that have not been geolocated, time stamped nor verified, the larger Russian milbloggers, run by a group as opposed to a single person, have refrained from conclusively saying the destroyed tank is a British Challenger 2, which points to the dubious nature of the video. <\/span><\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> Prominent commentator Mikhail Zvinchuk, who operates under the handle Rybar and has nearly 1.2 million followers, said: \u201cAt the beginning of the video, the hulk of a burning tank is visible, and in visual outline it looks like a British Challenger 2 . <\/span><\/p>\n
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