In a recent development, military assets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine [AFU], supplied by the United States, have reportedly ended up in Russian hands.
Russia’s TASS news agency broadcast a video showing the retrieval and subsequent storage of three American-made vehicles that were supplied to Ukraine. The machines featured in the video include the M88 tracked repair and evacuation vehicle, the M1150 barricade vehicle built on a tank base, and the M88A2 Hercules Armored Recovery Vehicle.
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Source: Bulgarian Military News
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