The British Ministry of Defense said troops had abandoned equipment 'essential to enable Russia's artillery-centric style of warfare.'
Russian soldiers abandoned valuable military equipment in haste as they fled the Ukrainian counteroffensive, according to British defense officials.
In its daily assessment on Thursday, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense said that Kyiv's forces were consolidating their control of newly recaptured areas of the north-eastern Kharkiv province, from where Moscow's forces have largely withdrawn west of the Oskil River. It said that the way Russian troops retreated"has varied," with some units withdrawing"in relatively good order and under control, while others fled in panic."
A Ukrainian soldier stands atop a captured Russian tank on the outskirts of Izium in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday. The British MOD has said that retreating Russian troops left significant amounts of equipment behind.The Russians abandoned"high-value equipment" which included at least one Zoopark counter-battery radar and at least one IV14 artillery command and control vehicle.
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