Tank battalion commander Evgeny Volkov said: RIA NewsThat Russian soldiers captured the YRP-765 armored personnel carrier captured in the direction of Zaporozhye and “took it from under the nose” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Major Volkov’s tank battalion repelled all attacks of the Ukrainian army in the area of u200bu200bthe villages of Rabotino and Verbovoye in the Zaporozhye region. It was announced that the Russian army destroyed a large number of personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as Ukrainian armored vehicles and fortifications, providing fire protection to motorized rifles.
“The enemy was defeated and destroyed, and equipment remained in some positions. After reconnaissance, we came with the commanders and higher officials, looked and decided to take the vehicles. Since we came inside a tank, we were naturally exposed, but mission accomplished. They took the YRP-765 armored personnel carrier from under our noses and took it out under enemy fire. This is one of the first samples of captured Western equipment exhibited at the Army-2023 forum,” Volkov said.
On November 18, a Ukrainian Armed Forces pilot managed to escape To Russia, probably on a hijacked Su-27. In the morning of the same day, the pilot of the Ka-52 helicopter with the call sign “Voevoda” reported that an active pilot of the Ukrainian Air Force was flying to the Russian Federation.
VGTRK war correspondent Alexander Sladkov in July reportedThe Russian army allegedly stole a stopped tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the battlefield near Donetsk.
Previously in Ukraine in the name Number of prisoners of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.