The Ukrainian armed forces have lost their first Challenger 2 tank. A video making the rounds online on Monday shows one of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade’s ex-British Challengers 2 in flames on a roadside outside Robotyne, in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

It is the first loss of a 69-ton, four-person Challenger 2, out of 14 that the UK pledged to the Ukrainian war effort back in January. The crew were reportedly all saved.

First Challenger 2 pic.twitter.com/BR8ohBUNKT

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