Side-by-side screenshots from video on social media uploaded September 4, 2023, purporting to show the burning remains of a Challenger-2 tank in Ukraine.
Side-by-side screenshots from video on social media uploaded September 4, 2023, showing what seems to be the burning remains of a Challenger-2 tank in Ukraine.
  • A video circulating Tuesday appears to show a destroyed Challenger-2 tank in Ukraine. 
  • If confirmed, it would be the first time the tank has been destroyed, and a symbolic win for Russia.
  • The elite 82nd Air Assault Brigade was supplied with 14 of the tanks and is operating in the south. 

Footage appears to show a destroyed Challenger-2 tank in Ukraine, left burning in a field as part of the counteroffensive against Russia.

The Challenger-2 is a British tank, and the 14 Ukraine received in a recent aid package are among its strongest Western-donated weapons.