"Desperate Russia Deploys 70-Year-Old T-55 Tanks in Direct Attacks"

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"Desperate Russia Deploys 70-Year-Old T-55 Tanks in Direct Attacks"
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Ukrainian forces destroyed a 1950s-vintage T-55 tank, typically used by the Russian marine corps as crude mobile howitzers, with a two-pound first-person-view drone near the front line in southern Ukraine's Kherson Oblast. The aging T-55 tanks, recently brought out of long-term storage due to Russia's steep vehicle-losses, are being used in direct assaults on Ukrainian positions, indicating the Kremlin's desperation for working tanks amidst significant losses in Ukraine.

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