Video has emerged purporting to show the first instance of a destroyed British Challenger 2 tank near the frontline in Ukraine.
A company (14) Challenger 2s were pledged to Ukraine in January this year, though they took several months to arrive.
The decision sparked a wave of other main battle tank promises from Western allies. A further company was pledged in May.
Little has been known about their whereabouts since but footage over the last month suggests they may have been used in the Robotyne attack in western Zaporizhzia Oblast, currently the hottest point along the 600-mile front line.
Western-trained brigades, units of which appear to have been rolled into the counteroffensive in the past few weeks, are believed to be in possession of some of Challenger 2s.
