Some of Ukraine's Western-made vehicles are getting 'killed' on the battlefield, but it's not as much of a win for Russia's forces as it was

Sat, 09/09/2023 - 06:00

A soldier from Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade runs past a US made Bradley Fighting Vehicle as the engine is started at a secret workshop in a wooded area in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine — A Ukrainian soldier next to a US-made Bradley armored vehicle at a secret workshop in a wooded area in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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Ukraine has lost protected mobility vehicles in its counteroffensive, including some Western-made vehicles.
Because Western vehicle design prioritizes survivability, Ukraine's crews are surviving hard hits.
Ukraine's Soviet-designed equipment wasn't created with the same priorities, experts say.

Ukraine has lost new Western armored vehicles in battle, but despite Russian celebrations, these vehicle kills are not necessarily the wins they might have been against the Soviet-era systems Ukraine was using at the start of the war.