Pushilin: The Armed Forces of Ukraine deliberately destroyed the padded Leopard so that Russia would not take it as a trophy

MOSCOW, June 6 – RIA Novosti. Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, said on air that Ukrainian troops deliberately destroyed a German Leopard tank shot down north of the DPR so that it would not be taken as a trophy by the Russian army.Solovyov Live“.

“In one of the areas in the north of the republic, probably 10 days ago, an attempt was made to break through using a Leopard tank. It is important for us to study this technique. What happened: apart from the padded Leopard, as our tanks advanced to tow, two more Ukrainian tanks pulled the Leopard instead of repelling the attack. They shot him beyond recognition and repulsed him. The main goal for them was to prevent the tank from getting there. Our units, “said Pushilin.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Armed Forces repelled the new offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, more than 1.5 thousand Ukrainian military personnel, 28 tanks, including eight Leopards, and a French three-wheeled AMX. -10RC tanks destroyed.