Ukraine has claimed that the commander of a Russian tank regiment killed himself because the vehicles the unit had in reserve were un-serviceable.
Kyiv‘s Ministry of Defence said the commander of the ’13th tank regiment’ within the ‘4th tank division of the Russian Federation’ shot himself due to the dire situation after learning the condition of the unit’s reserve tanks.
The update also said that in general, Moscow’s forces were struggling with poorly maintained military vehicles and is facing ‘the problem of the impossibility of restoring equipment after “deconservation” from warehouses.’
t said that in many cases, electronic equipment that contained precious metals had been stripped for parts from many Russian combat vehicles held in storage.
In its update posted to the ministry’s Telegram channel, it claimed that Russia was building storage and repair facilities in the Klimove, Bryansk region to fix the equipment that had been disabled on the battlefield.
‘Currently, the enemy RVB is trying to ‘put into operation’ a significant amount of equipment coming from long-term storage facilities,’ the update claimed.
