According to a statement by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Defenders of Ukraine have disabled 102 russian tank battalions over the past 10 months. The tank battalion includes 31 tanks.
russians lost the largest number of tanks on May 12. The units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed 31 russian tanks that day. In a single day, the russian army lost an entire tank battalion to destruction and damage.
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"Such losses could cost the aggressor country's budget at least $9 billion. This is an approximate amount, estimated based on average global prices for this type of weapon (according to open sources)," the Defense Ministry of Ukraine noted.
In particular, $9 billion is about 16 annual budgets of Chelyabinsk city, which has the worst environmental situation in russia.
"At the same time, instead of addressing internal social issues, the leadership of the aggressor country continues to pour huge sums of money into the war," the statement reads.
As Defense Express reported Ukrainian forces had used M712 Copperhead shell near Kursk.
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