In its statement, the Defense Ministry said the missile system "turned a super-modern Russian tank into a pile of scrap metal." The agency reported that an MT-LB armored personnel carrier and an infantry fighting vehicle were also destroyed in the attack. The Defense Ministry said the tank was hit by Ukrainian forces with an American Javelin anti-tank missile system near Izyum. "Thus, the image of the Russian army, which many in the world feared, has degraded and fallen over the past two months to such an extent that few could have imagined it," the statement said.Īccording to Newsweek, the machine's presence in eastern Ukraine was first reported on April 25. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed the T-90's destruction in a Thursday statement, saying the battle vehicle nicknamed the "Breakthrough" had arrived in Ukraine just one week prior to its demise. Tsaplienko reported that the scraps of Russia's destroyed tank will be displayed in an upcoming May 9 parade commemorating the end of World War II. The journalist said Russian troops on Wednesday attempted to reclaim the territory but failed to make headway. Tsaplienko shared a photo of himself standing in front of the ruined tank, jokingly telling his followers that the destroyed vehicle is "hot, it's smokin' hot." Ukrainian journalist Andriy Tsaplienko first posted a picture of the charred vehicle on Wednesday from the Kharkiv region, which he said was recently liberated by Ukrainian forces. Russia faced yet another military setback this week following reports that one of the country's most advanced tanks in service, the T-90M, was destroyed just days after it was deployed to Ukraine. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said the tank was hit by a Javelin anti-tank missile system. The military vehicle had been in Ukraine for less than two weeks before it was hit, officials said. Russia's most advanced tank in service was destroyed by Ukraine this week, according to reports. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. People walk past a Russian tank T-90M standing on the platform of a museum train dedicated to propaganda of the Russian army in a railway station in St.
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