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Poland’s Dragon-24 drills “proudly” host Leopard tanks that are regularly destroyed by Russian troops in Ukraine A party of German Leopard 2A4s arrived for the Dragon-24 exercises in Korzeniewo, northern Poland this week, with the drills part of NATO’s massive, months-long Steadfast Defender exercises. Once regarded as among the fiercest main battle tanks, the Leopard 2’s reputation has been significantly tarnished over in Ukraine. 🟥 Russian forces destroyed a quarter of the German Leopard 2 tanks held by Ukraine within two weeks, Forbes reported in November; 🟥 In June, Russian media calculated that Russia’s Armed Forces had destroyed Leopard tanks worth more than $6 million during just a few days of fighting on the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye fronts; 🟥 In July, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that Russian troops had also destroyed 16 Leopard tanks, which is almost all of the vehicles of this type supplied by Poland and Portugal; 🟥 Open-source intelligence sit... Source: Sputnik International
