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☆ Members of Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade praise the British Challenger 2 tank
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian soldiers from the 82nd Air Assault Brigade described how the British Challenger 2 tank has helped give them an edge in the fighting against Russian forces. The UK announced in January 2023 that it would provide Ukraine with 14 Challenger 2 tanks as part of a military aid package. AdvertisementAccording to the British Army's website, the Challenger 2 is the force's main battle tank and is "designed to destroy other tanks." AdvertisementRussian team members on a T-72 B3 battle tank. But it noted that Russia was likely able to build "at least" 100 main battle tanks a month, meaning it would be able to keep up its current level of offensive activity "for the foreseeable future."

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☆ Ukraine appears to be modifying the UK Challenger 2 battle tanks to protect a 'notorious' weak spot, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine is adding an extra piece of armor to its British Challenger 2 tanks to protect a weak spot. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine appears to have added extra armor to its British-made Challenger 2 to protect a weak spot on the 69-ton battle tank. The UK sent just 14 of the powerful tanks to Ukraine in January, used exclusively by Ukraine's powerhouse 82nd Air Assault Brigade. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn early September, footage appeared to show the first, and so far only, Challenger 2 tank to be destroyed in Ukraine. Other analysts have noted that quantity is more important than quality when supplying weaponry to Ukraine, including Challenger 2 tanks.

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☆ Russia sent some of its best troops to stop Ukraine breaching its defensive line but still failed, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia sent elite units to southern Ukraine to try to stop Ukraine advancing, a think tank said. It said Ukrainian armored vehicles appeared to have breached Russia's last line of defense. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Russian forces currently defending in western Zaporizhia Oblast have been unable to prevent Ukrainian forces from making gradual but steady advances since mid-August," it said. The ISW said it could not yet determine whether Ukrainian troops had completely broken through that last line of defense. A Ukrainian soldier, meanwhile, described Russian troops in the area to The Wall Street Journal as "poor quality" and "earth movers."

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☆ Ukraine breached Russia's fearsome defenses with vehicles for the first time, analysts say — a major milestone in its fightback
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Troops appear to have used armored vehicles to get past trenches and "dragon's teeth" defenses. They were reacting to a video showing Marder and Stryker infantry fighting vehicles pushing towards Russian lines. Crucially, he said it showed the vehicles behind Russia's fearsome layers of defenses meant to keep heavy vehicles out. Stryker armored fighting vehicles are versatile eight-wheeled weapons that were sent to Ukraine by the US in January. Marder infantry fighting vehicles, which resemble light tanks and can carry up to six people, were sent to Ukraine by Germany several months later.

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☆ For the first time ever, a Western Challenger-2 tank may have been destroyed in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video circulating Tuesday appears to show a destroyed Challenger-2 tank in Ukraine. If confirmed, it would be the first time the tank has been destroyed, and a symbolic win for Russia. The Challenger-2 is a British tank, and the 14 Ukraine received in a recent aid package are among its strongest Western-donated weapons. —🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) September 5, 2023The loss has not been officially confirmed, and representatives for Ukraine's Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Two further vehicles — identified as a Soviet-era T-64BV tank and two infantry mobility vehicles by Ukraine Weapons Tracker — can also be seen damaged or destroyed in the footage.

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☆ Video seems to show destroyed Western Challenger-2 tank in Ukraine — it would be the first time one has ever been taken out
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

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☆ Russia sends some of its most elite paratroopers to the south of Ukraine as counteroffensive breaks through
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia has sent elements of an elite paratrooper division to the south of Ukraine, reports say. Ukraine recently sent its powerhouse 82nd Air Assault Brigade into battle in Robotyne, which helped it achieve its breakthrough, per Forbes. Using the 76th in the south suggests Russia lacks reserves, experts sayElements of Russia's elite 76th Guard Air Assault Division have been deployed in key parts of Ukraine throughout the conflict. Russia's decision to redeploy elements of these units to the south suggests that Russian forces lack sizable operational reserves, the ISW said. The units sent to Robotyne appear to have been moved from the Kremmina area in eastern Ukraine, ISW noted.

Persons: Rob Lee, ISW Organizations: Analysts, Service, 76th Guard Air Assault Division, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Reuters, Air Assault Brigade, Forbes, Twitter Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia, Philadelphia, Azov

☆ Russia may 'suddenly break' under pressure from Ukraine's counteroffensive, former US general Petraeus says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's arduous counteroffensive is "far from over," General David Petraeus has said. Nonetheless, with enough pressure the Russian line can "suddenly break," he wrote. Faced with this, even the US would struggle, Petraeus told CNN. "Ukraine is applying pressure on their opponent until something breaks, at which point they will commit their reserves and strike," Petraeus and Kagan wrote. "When the conditions are right, they're picking their way through these minefields now," Petraeus told CNN.

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☆ Who are Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade? A new elite unit armed with the best Western gear seems to have Russia rattled.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's elite 82nd Air Assault Brigade appears to have joined its counteroffensive fight. Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade created a stir when it joined the attack. The area has been the scene of intense fighting and where Ukraine says it has made small gains, Ukraine's Kyiv Post reported. This would mean that the 82nd battalion alone would have half of Ukraine's best infantry armored vehicles from its NATO allies, the Kyiv Post reported. And the Kyiv Post reported that the infantry vehicle component only began training in March.

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☆ Ukraine sends the powerhouse 82nd Air Assault Brigade into battle, as generals decide 'to put all their chips on the table,' says defense analyst
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade has officially joined the counteroffensive against the Russian invasion forces, the Kyiv Post reports. Leaked documents from earlier this year revealed the 82nd Brigade was a formidable unit with about 150 NATO-supplied armored infantry carriers. Forbes called the 82nd Brigade "almost comically powerful" as it represents half of its best NATO-delivered infantry armored vehicles. The 82nd Brigade, and its sister air-assault unit, the 46th Brigade, had previously been held in reserve. The 82nd Brigade is reportedly active in the village of Robotyne, in the southern Zaporizhzhia Region of Ukraine.

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☆ Ukraine sends its US-supplied Stryker combat vehicles into battle for the first time in the counteroffensive against Russia, say reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Stryker combat vehicle is officially in action near the Zaporizhzhia frontline. The US-supplied vehicles can be outfitted with various weapons and move quickly while carrying soldiers. Its impressive arsenal includes 90 US-supplied Stryker vehicles, 40 German-produced Marders, 24 US M113 infantry carriers, as well as 14 British Challenger tanks, Politico reported. A US Army Stryker armored vehicle fires a Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided missile at Fort Polk in Louisiana in June 2009. There are 18 variants of the combat vehicle, and more than 4,900 have been built in the last 20 years by General Dynamics.

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