Lack of equipment. Russia returns outdated T-62 tanks to front – Defense Intelligence

The aggressor country russia is returning outdated T-62 tanks to service due to an acute shortage of modern main battle tanks. This is stated in a message of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Saturday, June 28.

Russia is decommissioning tanks that were manufactured before the 1970s, as it experiences a lack of industrial capacity and a shortage of imported high-tech components. On June 27, the aggressor transferred 21 T-62 tanks from the Eastern Military District to the European part of the russian federation.

"The technical condition of most of these vehicles is unsatisfactory: the tanks have been stored outdoors for decades, without maintenance. However, due to the acute shortage of modern main battle tanks, such as the T-90M and T-72B3M, the use of the T-62 is considered a temporary but forced solution," the report says.

Russia is trying to compensate for the large-scale irreversible losses of weapons and military equipment during the war against Ukraine by returning obsolete military equipment, the Defense Intelligence emphasized.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on June 27, russian dictator vladimir putin said that the aggressor country russia allegedly intends to reduce defense spending due to inflation.

On June 27, units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, struck the Marinovka airfield in the Volgograd Oblast of the aggressor country russia.

As a reminder, on June 1, the Security Service of Ukraine destroyed 41 russian aircraft during the special operation Spiderweb.