Marchuk: More Russian Tanks in Donbas than the UK and Germany Possess

Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 03:39

There are currently 702 Russian tanks in the temporarily occupied territories, Yevhen Marchuk, who represents Ukraine in the Minsk negotiations, said on 5 Kanal on July 18. This is more tanks than Germany and Great Britain together possess.

He assured that Ukrainian intelligence definitely knows the entry points for all the equipment from the Russian side, the number and type of equipment, and where this equipment is headed after. In particular, he spoke of the tanks and artillery systems, as "these are the main components that are, as a rule, used in offensive actions or inflicting mass casualties by the enemy.

Marchuk also mentioned that the conflict has subsided only in terms of how often the shelling takes place, but increasing numbers of field hospitals, intelligence assets, weapons, and repaired equipment shows that Russia is not planning to leave.

Source: Ukrayinska Pravda