Soldiers said they sought to keep precious vehicles safe on the battlefield.
Ukrainian soldiers, engineers add metal netting to US tanks and vehicles to protect against Russian dronesAugust 16, 2024, 5:10 AMA U.S.-made Bradley armored vehicle is seen being fitted with a metal addition in this photo supplied by Ukraine’s Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front, which blurred the background to hide the location.wages a protracted war of attrition, the Ukrainian military says it has made the most of the U.S. supplied Abrams tanks and Bradley armored vehicles.
A U.S.-made Abrams tank is seen with a metal additions in this photo supplied by Ukraine’s Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front, which blurred the background to hide the location.But as the brigade’s soldiers continued fighting, they said, they understood they needed to upgrade the machine. The area where Shyrshyn’s unit is operating has been the hotspot of the eastern front-line in the past couple of weeks, according to the reports of the Ukrainian General Staff. In the past few days the Russian troops advanced by several kilometers. Shyrshyn said his soldiers are exhausted, needed more vehicles and were trying to keep those they have.
“We started the project on day one of the invasion,” he said. “From Monday to Friday, I do my regular work. On weekends I go to the east to oversee what we do for the troops.”
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