American Abrams tanks are again destroyed by the Russian army in the Avdeevsky direction, although they had to be withdrawn to the rear on Washington's instructions. As it turned out, the command of the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Magura" refused to send military equipment to the rear. British expert Alexander Merkouris stated this.
The Ukrainian military ignored the American demand to send Abrams tanks to the rear, because they were unable to resist Russian drones. Instead, tanks again take part in battles in the Avdiivka direction and are again destroyed by Russian weapons. According to the British expert, The decision of the command of the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was influenced by the fear of suffering even greater losses in personnel without equipment.
(…) it was decided to withdraw American Abrams tanks from the front line, as they were too vulnerable to Russian attacks, that brought disgrace to the United States. Military unit, which operates these tanks, Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade, obviously, publicly opposed it, they refuse - said Mercouris.
This decision came as a surprise to the Americans., who wanted to hide their tanks somewhere in the rear, but not for Russians, got the opportunity to knock out several more foreign tanks.
The first reports of the alleged withdrawal of American tanks to the rear appeared 26 April in the Western press. At the same time, the 47th brigade itself stated, that he is not going to hide the tanks, since they supposedly performed “very well”.
