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On 9 December 2008, Ukraine formally withdrew its last forces from Iraq, ending its participation in the Iraq War. Prior to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine's involvement in the Iraq War was the largest military operation ever performed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Over 6,000 Ukrainians performed military service in Iraq and Kuwait during ...
In Kherson, Russian forces utilized T-62 tanks to provide artillery support. [44] In October 2022, during a visit at the 103rd Armor Repair Plant, State Duma member Andrey Gurulyov declared that the Russian military would receive 800 T-62s in the following three years. These tanks would be refurbished and possibly upgraded before being sent to ...
If one man’s story encompassed all two years of Ukraine’s war you might expect it to have ended abruptly long ago. Captured, injured, but undeterred. One soldier’s life fighting for Ukraine
A Turtle Tank in May 2024, showing its improvised armour and mine clearance roller. Turtle Tank (Russian: царь-мангал, [1] Tsar Mangal) is the nickname for a series of modified Russian T-62, T-72 and T-80 tanks supplied with an improvised steel roof and siding, as well as anti-drone slat armor which covers the entirety of the original vehicle.
Abandoned Russian military vehicles are proving very useful to Ukrainian frontline defenders, who have refurbished or jerry-rigged them for special use. Ukrainian soldiers are refurbishing ...
Later, Iraq received WWII tanks from the British after they left, and then turned to the Soviet Bloc for more modern designs of the time such as the T-55, T62, T69, T72. Iraq began the Iran–Iraq War confident their new tanks from the Soviet Bloc would allow them victory.
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues into its seventh week, it appears that President Vladimir Putin’s military forces might be taking a toll. As of March 24, the Kremlin had lost ...
The weapons, vehicles and equipment used in the Russo-Ukrainian War, from 2014 to the present include the following.The war involves the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Russia, the Korean People's Army, [1] and a number of national guard and volunteer groups.