‘Toothless cats, battered Abrams’: Russia’s state media mocks West sending tanks to Ukraine

Russian state media broadcast a sequence of programmes ridiculing the state-of-the-art M1 Abrams and German-made Leopard 2 tanks being despatched to assist Ukraine in its warfare in opposition to Russia.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 27, 2023 12:47 IST

Russian state media has mocked US and Germany’s transfer to ship battle tanks to Ukraine. (Reuters photograph)

By India Today Web Desk: Russia’s state-controlled media has responded with withering derision and pun to the information of the US and Germany agreeing to produce superior tanks to Ukraine.

According to a report by The Guardian, Rossiya-24 TV channel broadcast a sequence of programmes ridiculing the state-of-the-art M1 Abrams and German-made Leopard 2 tanks being despatched to assist Ukraine win its warfare in opposition to Russia.

The Leopard tanks had been the goal of a programme known as ‘Toothless Cats’—a pun on the German warfare machines named after the noticed massive cats.

During the programme, the information anchor in contrast the Leopard tank with the Russian T-90 and claimed that the Germany-made machines had been “more primitive”, heavier, much less manoeuvrable and had a shorter firing vary.

The Rossiya-24 TV channel broadcast a sequence of tales mocking @NATO member international locations’ tanks. In one on-air sequence titled ‘Toothless cats’ – a pun on the German-made Leopard tanks – in comparison with Russian T-90s. pic.twitter.com/5sfDhnwBE4
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The tv present additionally featured an on-screen graphic depicting a fictional battle between the T-90 and the Leopard tanks. The presenter claimed that half the platoon of Leopard tanks could be decimated by Russian hearth even earlier than reaching the battlefield.

In one other present titled ‘Battered Abrams’, the state-run channel confirmed footage of the American tanks being hit throughout a number of previous conflicts. The on-air sequence additionally highlighted the “weak points” of the Abrams tank whereas exhibiting a blueprint of the armoured machine.

After weeks of hesitation, Germany stated Wednesday it can present Ukraine with 14 Leopard 2 tanks and permit different allies prepared to observe swimsuit to ship 88 Leopards to type two tank battalions. The US introduced it can ship 31 M1 Abrams tanks.

Both these armoured warfare machines are thought-about state-of-the-art and are extra highly effective than many Soviet-era tanks at the moment fielded by each Russian and Ukrainian forces. It will allow Ukraine to interrupt Russian defence in southern Ukraine, which is flat and very best tank territory.

While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the creation of what he described as a “tank coalition, the Kremlin’s responded with fire and fury, saying battle tanks supplied to Ukraine would “burn down”. It additionally launched a barrage of strikes on a number of Ukrainian provinces Thursday, killing 11 individuals.

President Vladimir Putin, his diplomats and army leaders have repeatedly warned the West that supplying long-range weapons able to putting deep inside Russia would mark a purple line and set off an enormous retaliation.

Edited By:

Devika Bhattacharya

Published On:

Jan 27, 2023