The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost at least half of the armored mine-clearing vehicles (BMR) Leopard 2R transferred by Finland. Helsingin Sanomat.
Finland transferred all six of its Leopard 2Rs to Ukraine, three of them destroyed. The publication states that from photographs in which a mine trawler appears, it is possible to determine that the destroyed vehicles were Finnish.
According to the Finnish Defense Forces, the transferred BMRs were little used in Finland, as they were difficult to operate in winter conditions.
On June 11 at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation saidThat Russian forces destroyed three Leopard tanks and a British Stormer air defense system in one day. American journalist Fred Pleitgen at CNN declarationThe West was alarmed by the destruction of German Leopard tanks by Russian troops in Ukraine.
The Leopard 2R is a special minesweeper based on the Leopard 2 tank and was developed specifically for the Finnish army.