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A video shared on social media and analysed by BBC Verify shows a badly-damaged British-made tank.

The footage - which shows smoke pouring from the vehicle - follows claims from Ukrainian officials that its forces have breached the first Russian defensive lines in southern Ukraine.

However, the video is consistent with other footage that shows Ukrainian forces deployed in the area around the recently-retaken village of Robotyne in the south-east of the country.

The tanks were only supplied to Ukraine’s elite 82nd Air Assault Brigade according to Sonny Butterworth, an analyst with Janes Defence.

“Previous videos posted on social media appear to show other types of western-supplied vehicles used by 82nd Air Assault Brigade, suggesting the elite military unit was in action on the frontlines in Ukraine’s southern region of Zaporizhzhia.”

At the time, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the battle tank would help Kyiv’s forces “push Russian troops back”.


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