Yevgeny Arifulin, head of the Center for Combat Training of the Russian Armed Forces, said that special groups were created in the Russian Federation to deal with tanks supplied to Ukraine by Western countries. This was announced in the broadcast of the program “Military Acceptance”, part of which was broadcast on the website of the TV channel. “Star”.
He noted that this work was carried out on behalf of Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“In accordance with his instructions, the head of the Main Directorate of Combat Training [ВС РФ] colonel general [Иван] Buvaltsev and his team developed methodological recommendations and organized a methodology for implementation,” said Arifulin, adding that these activities were conducted and implemented at the Combat Training Center.
A Russian soldier formerly with the “Bolshoy” call sign declarationThat Russian tankers are ready to meet with Western tanks while operating in a special military operations zone in Ukraine.
Prior to that, the American edition of Military Watch published an article. stated The shortcomings of the Challenger 2 tanks According to the authors, these details will prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from using them with maximum efficiency.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.