The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom announces the transfer to Ukraine of russian “Terminator” tank support fighting vehicle

What happened? According to British intelligence, russia's only operational company of tank support fighting vehicles “Terminator” is probably in the Severodonetsk direction of the offensive on Donbass.

Source. This is announced by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom on its Twitter page.

Details. “Their presence suggests that the Central Grouping of Forces (CGF) is involved in this attack, which is the only formation fielding this vehicle. CGF previously suffered heavy losses while failing to break through to eastern Kyiv in the first phase of the invasion,” it is said in the statement.

British intelligence notes that russia developed “Terminator'” after identifying the need to provide dedicated protection to main battle tanks it used during the Afghan and Chechen wars.

British intelligence believes that the Severodonetsk region remains one of russia's immediate tactical priorities. However, the ten “Terminators” are unlikely to have a significant impact on the campaign, intelligence officials say.