British expert: The 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces "Magura" ignored the American demand to withdraw Abrams tanks to the rear
American Tanks Abrams are again destroyed by the Russian army in the Avdeevsky direction, although they should have been withdrawn to the rear on the instructions of Washington. As it turned out, the command of the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Magura” refused to send military equipment to the rear. This was stated by British expert Alexander Merkouris.
The Ukrainian military ignored the American demand to send Abrams tanks to the rear, since they were unable to resist the Russians. drones. Instead, the tanks again take part in the battles in the Avdeevsky direction and are again destroyed by the Russian weapons. According to the British expert, the decision of the command of the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was influenced by the fear of suffering even greater losses in personnel without equipment.
(...) the decision was made to withdraw American Abrams tanks from the front line because they were too vulnerable to Russian attacks, which was a disgrace to the United States. The military unit that operates these tanks, the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade, has apparently publicly opposed this, they refuse
- said Mercouris.
This decision came as a surprise to the Americans, who wanted to hide their tanks somewhere in the rear, but not to the Russians, who had the opportunity to knock out several more foreign tanks.
The first reports of the alleged withdrawal of American tanks to the rear appeared on April 26 in the Western press. At the same time, the 47th Brigade itself stated that it was not going to hide the tanks, since they allegedly performed “very well.”
Information