According to Russia, the recently announced delivery of modern German and American assault weapons is an escalation and further proof that NATO countries are directly participating in the fight. The West would only want to fuel the war.
“The Abrams tanks are the most capable tanks in the world,” the US president said during the announcement. But a Kremlin propaganda channel immediately mocked the American weaponry and the fact that they would not be able to make a difference on the battlefield.
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For example, it is ‘shown’ how the Abrams were used by Saudi Arabia in Yemen, where they had suffered “heavy casualties”. In addition to images of unspecified explosions, it reads that the tanks were destroyed by Russian artillery and are vulnerable to modern weapons. According to the propaganda channel, the Russian tanks, on the other hand, are hi-tech vehicles with all the trimmings.
Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, shared the video on Twitter. He noted that the Russian propaganda machine has an extra task to throw sand into the eyes of the Russian people on this subject as well: “Russian tanks are so much better than Abrams tanks!”