According to RT, we are talking about units of the 132nd reconnaissance battalion and the 14th mechanized brigade, which tried to conduct reconnaissance in combat on February 11 and 12.
Due to the inability to transfer tanks to the front line by car transporters, Ukrainian equipment is forced to move to the battlefield on its own.
At the same time, military fuel trucks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot deliver fuel to the area of hostilities - instead of them, civilian vehicles with disguised small-capacity tanks are used.
According to preliminary data, since the end of January, the shortage of diesel fuel for T-64BV and T-72B tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region has caused at least five unsuccessful combat exits of Ukrainian tank units.
Instead of moving along protected routes and many kilometers of hooks while maintaining camouflage, the crews move in short routes to combat positions, fire two or three shots, after which they change position and retreat into the forest in anticipation of tankers.
According to available data, instead of the nearest oil depots, fuel is delivered near Kupyansk from Poland with transit and a stop at one of the oil depots in Kharkov.
A long wait and the need to pump fuel into tanks under the guise of civilian vehicles only in the last two months of 2022 caused the destruction of seven tanks - four T-64BV and three T-72B.
The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for two months in the Kupyansk direction, associated with a lack of fuel, presumably amount to nine to ten tanks.
Vehicles and crews left in position are detected from the air by Orlan-30 drones, after which artillery fire is opened on the positions of tanks awaiting fuel delivery.
As retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko said earlier, the Ukrainian army is building up a grouping in the Kupyansk direction, not only untrained mobilized military personnel are arriving there, but also regular units with Western equipment.