As Putin’s losses continue to mount, a Ukrainian drone uncovers a hidden Russian ‘tank cemetery.’

A Ukrainian drone spotted a “Russian tank graveyard,” where broken tanks were brought for repairs but then abandoned as Vladimir Putin’s forces continued to suffer casualties.
The cemetery is located immediately over the border in the Russian town of Golovchino, in the Belgorod Oblast, about an hour and 45 minutes northwest of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Satellite images revealed that there were no vehicles on the spot when Putin began his assault on February 24, and only a few on March 17.

The latest photos were taken by the Ukrainian-built Leleka drone, which is catapulted into Russian airspace every day.

According to the title, the crew detected 57 military vehicles on the stream it broadcasted back, including at least 17 tanks.

At least seven self-propelled artillery cannons, smaller 2S3 Akatsiya weapons, mechanised bridges, armoured combat vehicles, and two tank recovery vehicles were on the scene.

The trucks and artillery had been transferred to the location for repair and then abandoned, according to the team commander.

“All Russian cars that enter Ukraine will end up in a place like this,” he warned. It’s a tank cemetery. “There’s a cemetery.”

“The fact that these tanks have been left behind in Golovchino tells us they are of little value to Russia,” a Ukrainian intelligence source told The Sun.

The jumbled layout of the cars at the location, according to Sam Cranny-Evans of the RUSI think-tank, indicated that “they were moved there in a haste.”

“They’re positioned fairly haphazardly, as you’d expect for cars that can’t drive on their own and are in need of repair,” he explained.

“The most probable evaluation of this facility is a repair and/or recovery centre for Russia ground force vehicles damaged in the fight,” said defence specialist Joseph Dempsey of the London-based IISS think-tank.

“Although the state of each is unknown, they appear to be in varying levels of damage or repair, with crew and other access panels open or missing.”

“While some may be restored to service, others may simply be cannibalised for spare parts to bring others back into operation.”