The first US Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine, bolstering its military with advanced gear.
Russia propaganda made a comical claim in early 2023 to have destroyed an Abrams before any arrived.
AdvertisementAdvertisementOn pro-Kremlin Telegram channels earlier this year, jubilant posts claimed the Russian military had blown up Abrams tanks in battle and boasted that they "burn like matches."
This was another feature of the weapons which Russian propagandists seized on in a bid to undermine them, Reuters reported.
The tanks have arrived in time to be used in Ukraine's intensifying counteroffensive, with the Ukrainian military seeking to exploit a recent breach in Russia's defensive lines in Zaporizhzhia.
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