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www.businessinsider.com A Ukrainian soldier called up Russian tech support when his captured Russian tank wouldn't start: report

The soldier also called the tank's manufacturers in Russia, who told him to send them a WhatsApp report about the tank's issues, Forbes reported.

A Ukrainian soldier called up Russian tech support when his captured Russian tank wouldn't start: report
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  • Gigachad:

    Look, I'm the commander of the armored group K-2. This is the second mechanized battalion of Ukraine's 54th Mechanized Brigade.

    When we take more of these tanks as our trophies, make them better so that it will be easier for us to operate them. Agreed? Thank you very much. Take care of yourselves. Glory to Ukraine.

  • This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The video, which Forbes reported on in a story published Sunday, did not specify when or where Kochevnik and his fellow Ukrainian soldiers captured the tank.

    On the call, Kochevnik ran through a litany of complaints about the tank, including that it had been spewing oil and had faulty compressors.

    Data from the open-source-intelligence website Oryx indicates the Russian military has lost two-thirds of its tanks since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

    Jakub Janovsky, a military analyst from Oryx, told Insider in May that Russia had about 3,000 operational tanks when it invaded.

    You can see an entire unit composed of nothing but captured Russian tanks," said Kofman, who was speaking at an event hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

    Representatives for Russia's Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.


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