The press service of the 3rd Tank Brigade highlighted the T-84 Oplot main battle tank in a Facebook post, revealing that one of the brigade’s units is utilizing it to defend Kharkiv region from russian forces.
While the announcement doesn’t provide further details, it is significant as it marks the first mention of the Oplot tank being deployed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war. Prior to this, the Oplot tank has been seldom referenced in public sources throughout the war.
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Notably, the only related statement is from May 2023, when then Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov mentioned plans to procure the Oplot tanks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and to initiate serial production. The use of rare domestic weaponry by Ukrainian defenders consistently attracts considerable attention.
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