British tanks taking part in Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Region - Sky News --Reports claim one of the Challenger 2 tanks donated to Kiev may already have been destroyed on Russian territory | 15 Aug 2024 | Ukrainian forces are using British Challenger 2 main battle tanks inside Russia's Kursk Region, Sky News reported on Thursday. The UK government has donated 14 of its main battle tanks, and encouraged other NATO nations to provide their heavy weapons after the move was announced in January 2023. They were delivered to Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade, but were mostly kept in reserve, after some were destroyed by Russian drones and artillery during Kiev’s attempted counteroffensive later that year. The 82th is one of the Ukrainian units currently participating in the incursion into Russia. Sky News said the expeditionary force has deployed some of the Challenger 2 tanks, citing an anonymous source.