According to pictures released on Facebook on December 17, 2022, the 30th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian army captured Main Battle Tanks of the Russian forces in operational conditions including a T-80U and the latest generation of Russian tanks, the T-90M.
The 30th Prince Konstanty Ostrogski Mechanized Brigade is a combat of the Ukrainian Land Forces. The full name of the unit is 30th Independent Mechanized Brigade “Konstanty Ostrogski”. In the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the 30th Mechanized Brigade participated in the 2022 Chornobaivka attacks against Russian positions through mortar strikes.
Citing open source information, today, the Russian armed forces would have lost more than 1,500 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) during combat operations in Ukraine, which have been destroyed, damaged, or captured by the Ukrainian soldiers. Currently, around 40 Russian T-80U tanks are now in the hands of the Ukrainian armed forces as well as two T-90M tanks.