![]() ![]() After the collapse of the Soviet Union and during the first years of this tumultuous period the differences between the tanks of different Soviet Republics were trivial or entirely absent. Russia on the other hand continued to use the T72 and has applied a large number of modifications and upgrades to this tank. However, while the Ukrainian military has based its tank forces around the T64 (now heavily upgraded) it certainly must still possess T72 model tanks in its stores, despite selling large quantities of these on the international market. The primary reason Ukraine adopted the T64 over the T72 upon independence from Russia was that Ukraine inherited the T64 production factory in Kharkiv. However the main battle tank of the Ukrainian military is the T64. The Russians, as usual, vehemently deny this arguing that these tanks must come from Ukrainian military stores. ![]() Ukrainian military sources and various international military experts have all pointed to the fact that the separatists are using T72 tanks that are of Russian military origin. ![]()
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