Ukrainian Officer Calls Russian Tech Support to Fix His Captured Russian Tank
In Eastern Europe, especially during the early days of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine captured many of Putin’s weapons and vehicles. And recently, when one of the tanks captured by the embattled nation went on the fritz, a Ukrainian officer called the tank’s Russian manufacturer to get some much needed tech support. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00 In Eastern Europe, especially during the early days of Russia's invasion, Ukraine captured
00:04 many of Putin's weapons and vehicles.
00:07 And recently, when one of the tanks captured by the embattled nation went on the fritz,
00:10 a Ukrainian officer whose call sign is Kuchevnik, called the tank's Russian manufacturer to
00:15 get some much-needed tech support.
00:18 The vehicle in question is a T-72B3 tank, the most advanced of the Soviet-era armored
00:23 weaponry employed by Russia.
00:25 In the video Forbes reports, the officer recounts the issues his squad were having with the
00:29 tank, saying, "I am a commander of an armored group, and the problem is we simply can't
00:33 operate it."
00:34 Kuchevnik initially doesn't identify himself as Ukrainian, and that's probably why he gets
00:38 such a positive reaction from Russian support, with the manufacturers saying they would let
00:42 their design bureau know about the issues.
00:45 However, eventually Kuchevnik does identify himself, telling the customer support person,
00:49 "When we take more of these tanks as our trophies, make them better, so that it will be easier
00:54 for us to operate them, agreed?
00:56 Thank you very much.
00:57 Take care of yourselves.
00:58 Glory to Ukraine!"
01:00 Oryx, an open-source intelligence site reported earlier this year, Russia has lost some two-thirds
01:05 of its tanks in Ukraine since the war began.
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