Moscow's military setbacks have forced Russian President Vladimir Putin to take several escalatory steps, including a partial military mobilization and even nuclear threats. The retreat of Russian forces from key positions has been a relatively common theme since early September, when Ukrainian forces launched counteroffensives along the war's eastern and southern fronts. The T-62 is a Soviet-era main battle tank that was eventually replaced by the T-72 and can be seen on display in some museums. Russian forces have lost lots of modern equipment throughout the devastating war in Ukraine and have been forced to pull old and obsolete tanks - like the T-62 referenced by Ukraine's military - from storage. Russia has touted the T-90, a modern weapon born out of a T-72 modernization program in the final years of the Soviet Union that has been upgraded repeatedly over time, as one of the most advanced tanks in its arsenal, but even with capable tanks, Russian armor forces have faced setbacks and substantial losses in Ukraine. "Thanks to the generosity of the russian federation, the first batch of new T-90A tanks entered into service with #UAarmy," Ukraine's defense ministry said on social media Thursday, mockingly calling the move "particularly generous because at the same time the ruscists are launching a program to restore 60-year-old T-62 tanks for their own armed forces." Russian troops fleeing Ukraine's battlefield advances are leaving behind heavy weapons, including modern T-90 tanks Russia counts among its best main battle tanks, and the Ukrainian armed forces are putting them back into the fight, Kyiv's military said. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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