Rishi Sunak and Volodymyr Zelensky stand in front of a Challenger tank. © IMAGO/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFF
Russia will probably have to find new measures against Ukrainian tanks. A video is currently circulating of a Challenger 2 tank simply pushing away Russian "dragon's teeth".
Kyiv - The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going on for well over a year now. Ukraine is heavily dependent on arms supplies from Western countries. Ukraine has been promised battle tanks from Germany, the USA, Great Britain and other countries. These should also be elementary for Ukrainian success in the event of a possible counteroffensive. It took a long time for the NATO countries to agree on which tanks would be delivered to Kyiv. However, now British Challenger-2 tanks have already arrived on the ground.
Russia seems to be reacting to Ukraine's new tank contingent with so-called "dragon's teeth". These are pointed stone blocks, which are supposed to stop the enemy tracked vehicles in front of the line of defense. In addition, Moscow is probably relying on deep trenches at the front to slow down tanks.
Ukraine war: Challenger tanks overcome Russian trenches with shovels
However, Russia's defensive measures do not seem to be quite working. There is currently a video circulating on the Internet of a Challenger tank simply pushing away the dragon's teeth. The video was shared by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. The caption of the tweet reads: "If there is such a thing as dragon teeth, there must also be a dragon dentist".
As can be seen in the video, the tank is equipped with a shovel so that it can easily push aside any objects in its path. This is especially true for trenches dug by the enemy so that the tanks cannot move.
Ukraine war: Ukrainian fighter pilots to be trained on Western material "quite soon"
In January, Britain announced that it would send 14 Challenger tanks to Ukraine. Two months later, Germany also decided to support Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks. Britain has been vehemently supportive of Ukraine from the beginning of the Ukraine war. Only under former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had repeatedly visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine. Now the incumbent Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is continuing Johnson's course.
Recently, Sunak and Zelensky met and discussed the training of Ukrainian fighter pilots by the UK: "We will be an important part of the coalition of states that will provide this support to Volodymyr and Ukraine," Sunak said, also saying that "quite soon" the training of fighter pilots on Western material could begin. (lp)
